MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.9% 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	61.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 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 (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '21 at 05:44
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th 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 way above expectations (88^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 82.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 704 70% 572 Pts	64-Core 947 59% 947 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.9% Very good	Lighting 112 Reflection 104 Parallax 109 91% 109 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 0.3 55% 76.8 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 74 60 48 54 65 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 245 Write 201 Mixed 238 SusWrite 66.1 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 37.1 130% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 158 121% 162 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 85%
WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 1TB 39,874 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 84GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 193 232 215 155 182 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 482 Write 392 Mixed 326 SusWrite 213 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 26.6 127% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 191 142% 193 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 115%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 241GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 175 175 175 175 175 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 93.9 Write 89.2 Mixed 11 SusWrite 174 66% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 108%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 710GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 97 97 96 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 97.4 Mixed 53.4 SusWrite 96.5 61% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 33.2 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 26.9 SC Write 34.7 SC Mixed 26.9 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

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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 $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	593x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 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 $54Bench 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: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $377

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 $178	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