MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180620
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '19 at 03:34
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 74.3 1-Core 98.6 2-Core 196 69% 123 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 684 65% 540 Pts	64-Core 1,077 67% 1,077 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1492 MHz, MLim: 1827 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Lighting 85.5 Reflection 85.6 Parallax 83.4 70% 84.8 fps	MRender 82.6 Gravity 76.5 Splatting 68 61% 75.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 84 79 84 113 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 132 Write 126 Mixed 104 SusWrite 94.5 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 250GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 108 103 105 103 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 168 Write 156 Mixed 92 SusWrite 106 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 109%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 6.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 177 171 178 178 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 190 Write 200 Mixed 122 SusWrite 179 233% 173 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.2 212% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL17-17-17 D4-2400 CL16-16-16 D4-2400 16GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 28.1 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 24.7 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 91.7 44% 91.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 84%

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

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 40%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	322x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	84x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $80Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	54x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	170x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	77x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	30x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $35Bench 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: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $363

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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