MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	295% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 14:02
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700-$185 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 78 1-Core 123 2-Core 254 83% 152 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 975 88% 741 Pts	64-Core 1,393 86% 1,393 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6162) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Lighting 71.2 Reflection 72.5 Parallax 63.7 58% 69.1 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 70.1 Splatting 74.3 59% 72.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 436GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 997 1009 1017 1018 1013 1010 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	295% Outstanding	Read 2,526 Write 1,858 Mixed 1,518 SusWrite 1,010 385% 1,728 MB/s	4K Read 63 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 84.6 282% 98.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,079 DQ Write 906 DQ Mixed 572 543% 852 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 295% Great: 311%
Asmt 2115 500GB 793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 111GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 68 69 69 70 70 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 78.4 Write 59.7 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 69.4 50% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 1.2 254% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 1x8GB 407 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.5% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 13.4 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 84.3 48% 84.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 65%

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

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 74%

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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