MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.8% 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 Drive	51.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '19 at 10:49
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$199 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.15 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 87.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 256 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 981 89% 747 Pts	64-Core 1,398 86% 1,398 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$288 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 111 Parallax 112 90% 111 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 96 Splatting 82.7 83% 104 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 154 154 154 151 171 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 320 Write 154 Mixed 161 SusWrite 171 45% 201 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 37.4 4K Mixed 20.9 87% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 33.4 DQ Write 37.6 DQ Mixed 34.4 26% 35.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 52GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 97 95 97 96 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 86.2 Write 81.8 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 95.9 60% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1 167% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 194 194 196 196 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 146 Mixed 85 SusWrite 194 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%
ST975042 0AS 750GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 35GB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 35 35 35 35 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 32.7 Write 32.2 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 34.9 42% 30.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 39% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 40.6 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 32.1 104% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 25.2 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 28.1 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%

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Typical B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) Builds (Compare 1,518 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 79%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 74%

Battleship

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	294x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	117x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	75x
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 $149Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	40x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $88Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	38x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	128x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	41x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $683

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16