MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.6% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180806
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '18 at 03:47
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 81.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 721 73% 592 Pts	64-Core 941 58% 941 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% XFX(1682 9380) CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.11.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Lighting 46.8 Reflection 51.7 Parallax 56 38% 51.5 fps	MRender 51.1 Gravity 40.8 Splatting 37 34% 43 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 88 60 65 65 65 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 434 Write 274 Mixed 307 SusWrite 98 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 34.5 125% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 186 166% 251 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 91%
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-820 240GB 5,703 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 23GB free Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 271 273 273 242 235 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 389 Write 273 Mixed 262 SusWrite 261 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 35.6 131% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 175 157% 238 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 299GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 100 101 101 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 117 Write 111 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 100 72% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT16G4D26BFT4.C16FD 1x16GB 410 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	50% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 16.3 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 17.5 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 53%

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 40%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	321x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	84x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $85Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	54x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	169x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	77x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	30x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	93x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
SU650 240GBAdata $70Bench 70%, 47,016 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	37x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GBAdataBench 42%, 10,940 samples	27x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $340

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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