MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 88%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics104% 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 Drive111% 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.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A40
MotherboardMSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)  (all builds)
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190306
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 20 '19 at 07:25
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$150
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
Memory 88.8
1-Core 120
2-Core 236
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 477
8-Core 756
76% 616 Pts
64-Core 971
60% 971 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2184 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Lighting 136
Reflection 143
Parallax 122
110% 134 fps
MRender 105
Gravity 129
Splatting 110
94% 115 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 104%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
80GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 210 198 190 178 170 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 499
Write 487
Mixed 399
SusWrite 209
89% 399 MB/s
4K Read 44.7
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 59
200% 70.1 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 360
DQ Mixed 367
277% 370 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 111%
Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90
348GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 482 480 488 488 486 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
130% Outstanding
Read 499
Write 487
Mixed 415
SusWrite 466
105% 467 MB/s
4K Read 45
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 61.9
208% 73.6 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 361
DQ Mixed 370
279% 372 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 130%
Great: 134%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
110% Outstanding
MC Read 44.1
MC Write 40.1
MC Mixed 36
114% 40.1 GB/s
SC Read 27.2
SC Write 37.4
SC Mixed 29.8
90% 31.5 GB/s
Latency 68.8
58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 110%
Great: 111%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) Builds (Compare 1,510 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $641
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