MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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 Drive	113% 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	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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '19 at 23:01
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 705 74% 592 Pts	64-Core 1,010 62% 1,010 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2522 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 154 Parallax 143 114% 146 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 141 Splatting 116 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 269GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 386 460 462 376 337 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 461 Mixed 442 SusWrite 410 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 53.1 177% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 256 198% 270 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 123%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 419GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 363 414 419 418 419 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 491 Mixed 401 SusWrite 412 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 53 186% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 293 239% 340 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 117%
Fujitsu MHV2160BT 160GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 126GB free Firmware: 00000013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 30 30 30 30 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 30 Write 31.3 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 29.9 21% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3400 C16 Series 2x8GB 4,679 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3333 MHz clocked @ 1667 MHz Performing below potential (91^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	111% Outstanding	MC Read 45.9 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 35.4 117% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 28 SC Write 31.8 SC Mixed 30.4 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%

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

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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 $125Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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