MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics85.6% 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 Drive118% 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.
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.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A40
MotherboardMSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)  (all builds)
Memory13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180626
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 01 '18 at 03:01
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
Watch Gameplay: Vega-56 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$150
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
82.8% Excellent
Memory 81.8
1-Core 117
2-Core 229
80% 143 Pts
4-Core 450
8-Core 726
72% 588 Pts
64-Core 914
56% 914 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170
CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.9.3
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
85.6% Excellent
Lighting 103
Reflection 89.8
Parallax 149
84% 114 fps
MRender 87.4
Gravity 102
Splatting 128
89% 106 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85.6%
Great: 85%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
185GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 284 287 293 284 281 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
118% Outstanding
Read 502
Write 490
Mixed 415
SusWrite 304
96% 428 MB/s
4K Read 45.8
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 60.1
203% 70.8 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 359
DQ Mixed 369
278% 371 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 118%
Great: 124%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
97.6% Outstanding
MC Read 38
MC Write 36.5
MC Mixed 31.5
101% 35.3 GB/s
SC Read 24.8
SC Write 36
SC Mixed 28
85% 29.6 GB/s
Latency 77.2
52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 97.6%
Great: 95%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) Builds (Compare 1,513 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 79%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) - $120

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $618
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