MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 98%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive268% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A38
MotherboardMSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)  (all builds)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181221
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 14 '19 at 09:18
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 23%
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 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
84.5% Excellent
Memory 82.9
1-Core 124
2-Core 246
84% 151 Pts
4-Core 461
8-Core 871
79% 666 Pts
64-Core 1,319
82% 1,319 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 84.5%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 129
Parallax 131
112% 133 fps
MRender 179
Gravity 130
Splatting 104
109% 138 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 109%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
388GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1898 700 609 602 610 589 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
268% Outstanding
Read 2,335
Write 2,280
Mixed 1523
SusWrite 835
390% 1,743 MB/s
4K Read 57.3
4K Write 136
4K Mixed 80.2
262% 91.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,031
DQ Write 857
DQ Mixed 960
715% 949 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 268%
Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 182 183 189 189 188 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
90.5% Outstanding
Read 131
Write 163
Mixed 76
SusWrite 185
101% 139 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
80% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 90.5%
Great: 90%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2733 MHz clocked @ 1367 MHz
Performing below potential (78th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
95.9% Outstanding
MC Read 37.9
MC Write 34.8
MC Mixed 31
99% 34.6 GB/s
SC Read 25.4
SC Write 35.7
SC Mixed 27.4
84% 29.5 GB/s
Latency 75.3
53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 95.9%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 743 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 40%
Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $334
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