MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	79.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190124
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '19 at 23:00
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 119 2-Core 233 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 661 65% 532 Pts	64-Core 916 57% 916 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 86%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 144 150 146 143 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 382 Write 217 Mixed 224 SusWrite 148 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 41.3 148% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 137 122% 183 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 87%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$73 8,426 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 751GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 108 115 111 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 89 Write 96.7 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 111 59% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 92% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 100%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 5GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 98 92 93 95 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	50% Average	Read 76 Write 74.8 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 98 56% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 69%
hp v222w 8GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 3f40 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 16 16 16 16 14 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	8.52% Terrible	Read 24.3 Write 6.5 Mixed 7.8 SusWrite 14.6 16% 13.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 29% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.52% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73 54,616 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 43.4 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 36.9 112% 39.3 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 28.4 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 129%

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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