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

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics90.9% 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 Drive55.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory32GB 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 VersionWindows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B86
MotherboardMSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86)  (all builds)
Memory24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20191107
Uptime2.2 Days
Run DateApr 14 '22 at 08:27
Run Duration200 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 21%
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 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$84
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
87.3% Excellent
Memory 74.8
1-Core 141
2-Core 280
89% 165 Pts
4-Core 536
8-Core 879
86% 708 Pts
64-Core 1081
67% 1081 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 87.3%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$290
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.76
Performing below potential (63rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
90.9% Outstanding
Lighting 113
Reflection 129
Parallax 114
92% 119 fps
MRender 138
Gravity 97.3
Splatting 94.5
88% 110 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 90.9%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
APS-SL3N-240 240GB
80GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 111 66 44 64 46 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
55.5% Above average
Read 493
Write 340
Mixed 17.7
SusWrite 97
52% 237 MB/s
4K Read 20
4K Write 53.1
4K Mixed 21.4
86% 31.5 MB/s
DQ Read 53.9
DQ Write 113
DQ Mixed 148
94% 105 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 55.5%
Great: 92%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 497GB
71GB free
Firmware: 0.1
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,580
Write 1,738
Mixed 1,346
348% 1,555 MB/s
4K Read 51.7
4K Write 190
4K Mixed 78.1
279% 106 MB/s
DQ Read 1,246
DQ Write 977
DQ Mixed 1,002
780% 1,075 MB/s
Poor: 66% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45
1TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 175 162 158 177 177 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
92.7% Outstanding
Read 155
Write 182
Mixed 82.1
SusWrite 168
107% 147 MB/s
4K Read 2.8
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
139% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 92.7%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CT8G4DFS8266.C8FN CT8G4DFS8266.C8FJ CT8G4DFS8266.C8FP CT8G4DFS8266.C8FJ 32GB
2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (20th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
76.3% Very good
MC Read 31.3
MC Write 20
MC Mixed 31.2
78% 27.5 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 19.8
SC Mixed 30.5
66% 23.2 GB/s
Latency 90.9
44% 90.9 ns
Poor: 76%
This bench: 76.3%
Great: 79%

 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 5,296 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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