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

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 96%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics107% 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 Drive75.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B86
MotherboardMSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86)  (all builds)
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190722
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateNov 17 '19 at 19:39
Run Duration182 Seconds
Run User AUT-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
86% Excellent
Memory 78.9
1-Core 130
2-Core 256
85% 155 Pts
4-Core 498
8-Core 984
88% 741 Pts
64-Core 1,342
83% 1,342 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 86%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 150
Parallax 139
114% 143 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 137
Splatting 110
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109
71GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXM03B1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 275 274 272 287 280 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
75.2% Very good
Read 482
Write 289
Mixed 279
SusWrite 274
74% 331 MB/s
4K Read 23.6
4K Write 62.1
4K Mixed 25.2
101% 37 MB/s
DQ Read 295
DQ Write 86.3
DQ Mixed 134
114% 172 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 75.2%
Great: 76%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB
894GB free
Firmware: UH5100RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 58 23 59 77 60 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
46% Average
Read 459
Write 296
Mixed 296
SusWrite 59.5
62% 278 MB/s
4K Read 14.5
4K Write 44.1
4K Mixed 15.5
65% 24.7 MB/s
DQ Read 114
DQ Write 77.8
DQ Mixed 25.9
38% 72.6 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 46%
Great: 58%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 77 77 77 77 77 MB/s
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
42.7% Average
Read 72.8
Write 74
Mixed 47.5
SusWrite 75.8
50% 67.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 42.7%
Great: 55%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
1TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 112 112 114 114 111 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
69.3% Good
Read 128
Write 113
Mixed 83.7
SusWrite 113
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 69.3%
Great: 83%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170
541GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 54 55 55 55 55 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
41.4% Average
Read 89.5
Write 84
Mixed 63.5
SusWrite 54.4
54% 72.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
154% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 41.4%
Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (41st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
80.4% Excellent
MC Read 30.5
MC Write 29.5
MC Mixed 26.6
82% 28.9 GB/s
SC Read 21.4
SC Write 28.8
SC Mixed 23.5
70% 24.6 GB/s
Latency 82.7
48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 80.4%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) Builds (Compare 5,271 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 64%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $441
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