MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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	32.4% 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	253% 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.
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

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180806
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '18 at 07:45
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 231 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 751 73% 600 Pts	64-Core 930 58% 930 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	32.4% Below average	Lighting 40.7 Reflection 32.3 Parallax 37.8 33% 36.9 fps	MRender 37.8 Gravity 38.7 Splatting 37.2 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1297 309 306 309 306 307 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,500 Write 1,433 Mixed 1,026 SusWrite 472 300% 1,358 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 78.9 271% 97.6 MB/s	DQ Read 963 DQ Write 832 DQ Mixed 927 687% 908 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 280%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 444GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 465 465 469 469 468 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 467 Mixed 326 SusWrite 466 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 42.2 152% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 182 159% 229 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%
Seagate Backup+ BK 2TB 513 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free Firmware: A905 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 117 117 116 116 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 102 Write 93.8 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 116 68% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (96^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	104% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 33.3 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 25.2 SC Write 38.3 SC Mixed 28.3 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 74%

Battleship

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	292x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	116x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	74x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	71x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	69x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	40x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	38x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	41x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $646

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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