MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics80.7% 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 Drive116% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B86
MotherboardMSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)  (all builds)
Memory14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181221
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 11 '19 at 10:25
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU 13%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$125
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
85.3% Excellent
Memory 88.6
1-Core 116
2-Core 235
82% 147 Pts
4-Core 441
8-Core 717
71% 579 Pts
64-Core 918
57% 918 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 85.3%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64
Performing below potential (66th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80.7% Excellent
Lighting 99.8
Reflection 111
Parallax 104
81% 105 fps
MRender 95.7
Gravity 95.4
Splatting 98.8
79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB
203GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT23B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 335 278 276 275 284 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 519
Write 474
Mixed 448
SusWrite 317
99% 439 MB/s
4K Read 43.7
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 59
202% 71.9 MB/s
DQ Read 301
DQ Write 295
DQ Mixed 304
227% 300 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 116%
Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33
327GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 102 102 102 102 102 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
85.8% Excellent
Read 198
Write 79.4
Mixed 74.8
SusWrite 102
83% 113 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 85.8%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
110% Outstanding
MC Read 44.6
MC Write 40.8
MC Mixed 35.2
115% 40.2 GB/s
SC Read 25.9
SC Write 41.9
SC Mixed 29.8
93% 32.5 GB/s
Latency 69
58% 69 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 110%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450-A PRO (MS-7B86) Builds (Compare 1,846 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $339
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