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MSI B450M Mortar Micro-ATX Ryzen Motherboard Review

Synthetic Benchmarks

With the new Ryzen 200 series CPUs powering it, the MSI Mortar B450 packs quite a performance punch. Keep in mind, that B450 is the non-enthusiast mainstream chipset, compared to the flagship X470 stuff. However, it still holds its own pretty darn well, posting scores closer to the high-end boards. The only major strength of the X470’s is more robust VRM and overclocking hardware. However, as you can see below, for the most part, the B450 chipset pulls nicely ahead of the older B360 chipset and keeps a solid pace with X470 motherboards; actually beating a few of them in some tests.

Scores

3DMark – 20822
Unigine – 5569
PCMark 10 – 5551
WPrime – 3.552/97.668
Cinebench – 176/1803
Handbrake – 59.5

3DMark Firestrike

Unigine Superposition

PCMark 10 Express

WPrime

Cinebench R15

Handbrake MP4 to MKV Conversion 4K

Power Consumption

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Peter Donnell

As a child still in my 30's (but not for long), I spend my day combining my love of music and movies with a life-long passion for gaming, from arcade classics and retro consoles to the latest high-end PC and console games. So it's no wonder I write about tech and test the latest hardware while I enjoy my hobbies!