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

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	35.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '21 at 20:16
Run Duration	412 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X-$60 30,050 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 69.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 226 75% 137 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 840 78% 648 Pts	64-Core 1,252 78% 1,252 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2302 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 138 Parallax 118 93% 123 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 120 Splatting 115 94% 114 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP S750 1TB 185 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 773GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0724A1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 43 188 192 260 265 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 18.7 Write 441 Mixed 30.1 SusWrite 177 39% 167 MB/s	4K Read 10.9 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 0.4 59% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 16.7 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 0.5 54% 121 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 98%
WDC WD82PURZ-85TEUY0 8TB 331 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 53GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 113 114 118 116 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 243 Write 236 Mixed 110 SusWrite 113 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 11.1 4K Mixed 1.7 10% 4.73 MB/s	DQ Read 1 DQ Write 6.3 DQ Mixed 2.3 2% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 29%
WDC WD82PURZ-85TEUY0 8TB 331 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 52GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 165 168 169 168 168 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 244 Write 245 Mixed 115 SusWrite 162 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 10.9 4K Mixed 1.6 10% 4.6 MB/s	DQ Read 0.8 DQ Write 5 DQ Mixed 2.5 2% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 29%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 931GB free Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2031 1746 1751 1751 1755 1754 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2,020 Write 2,174 Mixed 1,840 SusWrite 1798 442% 1,958 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 65.1 217% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 901 DQ Write 571 DQ Mixed 818 588% 763 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 347%
WDC WD40EFAX-68JH4N0 4TB 2,601 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 77GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 106 106 106 108 107 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 179 Write 167 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 104 29% 131 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 12.3 4K Mixed 1.1 36% 10.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1.4 DQ Write 9.6 DQ Mixed 2.4 3% 4.47 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 38%
WDC WD40EFAX-68JH4N0 4TB 2,601 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 77GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 79 79 78 78 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	Read 158 Write 182 Mixed 90 SusWrite 77.1 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 12.3 4K Mixed 1.1 60% 15.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1.3 DQ Write 11.2 DQ Mixed 0.8 2% 4.43 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 38%
WDC WD40EFAX-68JH4N0 4TB 2,601 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 77GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 106 106 108 107 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	Read 181 Write 176 Mixed 88.4 SusWrite 104 31% 137 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 11.9 4K Mixed 1.1 61% 16.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1.2 DQ Write 11.5 DQ Mixed 0.8 2% 4.5 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 38%
WDC WD40EFAX-68JH4N0 4TB 2,601 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 77GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 78 77 77 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Read 180 Write 182 Mixed 92.5 SusWrite 77.5 30% 133 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 12.2 4K Mixed 1.1 56% 14.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1.3 DQ Write 10.7 DQ Mixed 1.6 2% 4.53 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 38%
WD Red 6TB (2019)-$129 374 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 116GB free Firmware: 83.00A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 80 79 78 78 78 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 20% Great: 97%
WD Red 6TB (2019)-$129 374 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 5.5TB free Firmware: 83.00A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 188 189 189 187 189 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 20% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMW16GX4M2E3200C16 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMW16GX4M2E3200C16 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 32GB 189 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.2% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 25.5 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 22.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 113%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 13: 0R 4G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
13%	15%	34	8	6	60	19"	1280 720	ACR011E G195W

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Desktop 87%

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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	1,687x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	424x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	409x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	340x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	317x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	304x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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	398x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	273x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	189x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $441

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16