MSI B450M-A PRO MAX (MS-7C52)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	37.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C52
Motherboard	MSI B450M-A PRO MAX (MS-7C52) (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '22 at 00:52
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 3200G-$75 104,122 User benchmarks, average bench 63% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	63.6% Good	Memory 49.1 1-Core 41.6 2-Core 150 43% 80.4 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 443 60% 446 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 3767) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Lighting 18.5 Reflection 18.1 Parallax 18.9 15% 18.5 fps	MRender 16 Gravity 19.5 Splatting 17.1 14% 17.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AP-SSD-A1-256 256GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0910A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 50 46 54 49 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 339 Write 49.7 Mixed 50.6 SusWrite 92.9 29% 133 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 25.3 4K Mixed 1.9 41% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 44.2 DQ Mixed 1.5 39% 100 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 99%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 888GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 175 180 181 178 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 166 Mixed 110 SusWrite 177 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 16GB 16,813 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 10GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.8 6.2 5.3 5.6 5.4 5.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	7.09% Terrible	Read 31.4 Write 5 Mixed 7 SusWrite 5.8 12% 12.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.09% Great: 9%
hp v178b 16GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 13GB free, PID 1940 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.4 1.7 4.7 8 8 7.7 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	8.02% Terrible	Read 18.8 Write 14.2 Mixed 16.7 SusWrite 6.6 18% 14.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.5 99% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 8.02% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 99,207 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.8% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 27.9 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 18.2 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 164 24% 164 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 78%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: MSI B450M-A PRO MAX (MS-7C52)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $89Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,101x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	596x
Ryzen 5 3500XAMD $160Bench 82%, 33,544 samples	299x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	330x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	312x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	306x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	149x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	96x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	92x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	238x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	160x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	156x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $444

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16