MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86)

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	333% 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.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	18.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200418
Uptime	11.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '22 at 02:17
Run Duration	287 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	62%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 83.2 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 90% 165 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 827 85% 688 Pts	64-Core 1,077 67% 1,077 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% ASRock(1849 5101) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.30.02 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 147 Parallax 254 106% 177 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 134 Splatting 96.5 94% 117 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 90GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,527 Write 6,124 Mixed 7,052 1,608% 7,234 MB/s	4K Read 412 4K Write 273 4K Mixed 304 1,158% 330 MB/s	DQ Read 1,123 DQ Write 893 DQ Mixed 930 717% 982 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Pcie SSD 1TB 40,637 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 782GB free Firmware: EDFM00.7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 369 369 369 370 369 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 368 Write 369 Mixed 365 SusWrite 369 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 54 188% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 367 DQ Mixed 591 385% 449 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 284%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 445GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1677 1420 1396 1368 1367 1369 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	333% Outstanding	Read 2,628 Write 2488 Mixed 1,907 SusWrite 1,433 474% 2,114 MB/s	4K Read 65.9 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 93.7 316% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 979 DQ Write 916 DQ Mixed 930 703% 942 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 333% Great: 372%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3200 C16 Series 4x8GB 3,708 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 37.8 96% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 24.6 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 34 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 118%

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

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Workstation 60%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,683x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	424x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	408x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	337x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	316x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	303x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	144x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	117x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	110x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	397x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	272x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	189x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $436

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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