MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B86)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '21 at 21:42
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 82.4 1-Core 145 2-Core 272 91% 167 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 853 85% 693 Pts	64-Core 1,083 67% 1,083 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 141 Parallax 132 108% 135 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 136 Splatting 118 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 91 86 86 85 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 246 Write 119 Mixed 175 SusWrite 88 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 30 130% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 86.4 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 66.2 60% 89.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 73%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 35GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 355 358 357 357 354 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 484 Write 358 Mixed 259 SusWrite 349 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 15.9 114% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 87.6 110% 191 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 86%
Kioxia-exceria SATA SSD 480GB 7,893 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 447GB free Firmware: SBFA18.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 433 345 240 239 319 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 206 Write 106 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 326 41% 181 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 20.6 4K Mixed 12.1 57% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 13.9 DQ Write 15 DQ Mixed 14.6 11% 14.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 100%
Sandisk SD8SNAT-128G-1006 128GB 252 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 20GB free Firmware: Z2311006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 172 174 173 173 171 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 27% Great: 103%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 682GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 153 140 137 137 137 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 157 Write 148 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 142 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 138% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 38.6 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 27.8 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 38.7 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 110%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B86)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,998x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	803x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	719x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	571x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	532x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	424x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	256x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	204x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	197x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	844x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	380x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	287x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16