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

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics79.4% 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 Drive123% 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.
Memory48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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)
Memory39.8 GB free of 48 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20210517
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateNov 03 '21 at 15:45
Run Duration163 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (67th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X-$144
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
86.5% Excellent
Memory 90.1
1-Core 116
2-Core 231
82% 146 Pts
4-Core 445
8-Core 795
75% 620 Pts
64-Core 1074
66% 1074 Pts
Poor: 83%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 107%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.49
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
79.4% Very good
Lighting 102
Reflection 98.7
Parallax 99.2
83% 99.9 fps
MRender 99.5
Gravity 91.9
Splatting 78.3
72% 89.9 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79.4%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Team T253TD480G 480GB
98GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0410A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 465 476 364 195 195 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
123% Outstanding
Read 519
Write 483
Mixed 460
SusWrite 362
102% 456 MB/s
4K Read 43.6
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 61.7
203% 71.8 MB/s
DQ Read 390
DQ Write 362
DQ Mixed 136
168% 296 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 123%
Great: 123%
Kingston SNVS1000GB 1TB
250GB free
Firmware: S8442101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1577 1453 15 222 107 16 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
180% Outstanding
Read 1,350
Write 1,552
Mixed 990
SusWrite 565
250% 1,114 MB/s
4K Read 45.5
4K Write 167
4K Mixed 25.3
190% 79.4 MB/s
DQ Read 625
DQ Write 1,032
DQ Mixed 441
443% 699 MB/s
Poor: 98%
This bench: 180%
Great: 228%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$48
454GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 163 165 165 166 166 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
86.4% Excellent
Read 136
Write 169
Mixed 82.4
SusWrite 165
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
106% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 86.4%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMK32GX4M2E3200C16 CMK32GX4M2E3200C16 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 48GB
3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz
16384, 16384, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
91.8% Outstanding
MC Read 39.2
MC Write 24.1
MC Mixed 35.1
94% 32.8 GB/s
SC Read 27.4
SC Write 24
SC Mixed 33.4
81% 28.3 GB/s
Latency 67
60% 67 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 91.8%
Great: 95%

 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 5,277 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 64%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer

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

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