MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	126% 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	113% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '22 at 18:30
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 74.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 235 79% 143 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 698 70% 567 Pts	64-Core 937 58% 937 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080 12GB 54,181 User benchmarks, average bench 192% EVGA(3842 4877) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (163 fps cap detected)	126% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 163 Parallax 163 133% 163 fps	MRender 163 Gravity 163 Splatting 162 133% 163 fps
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 211%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$89 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 371GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 457 462 471 467 464 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 444 Mixed 324 SusWrite 460 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 43.9 155% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 300 246% 352 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 137%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 112GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 408 423 421 410 413 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 480 Mixed 381 SusWrite 418 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 48.9 168% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 258 221% 326 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 111%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 144 144 146 146 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 131 Write 134 Mixed 96.2 SusWrite 143 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 84%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 230GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 55 55 55 55 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 58.6 Write 60.1 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 54.6 41% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.1% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 25.4 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 25.3 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 91.5 44% 91.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 114%

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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 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	593x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	233x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	205x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	175x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	130x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	90x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	69x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	67x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	58x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	152x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	109x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	76x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $341

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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