MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	229% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190124
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '19 at 04:55
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 81.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 242 82% 149 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 829 79% 654 Pts	64-Core 1,298 80% 1,298 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% MSI(1462 3680) CLim: 1663 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.6.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 94.2 Parallax 181 89% 128 fps	MRender 91.6 Gravity 126 Splatting 134 98% 117 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 447GB free Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 466 464 466 446 450 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 387 Write 452 Mixed 341 SusWrite 453 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 38.4 150% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 285 218% 294 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1790 1068 506 492 472 466 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 2,086 Write 1,776 Mixed 1231 SusWrite 799 329% 1473 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 65.4 222% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 609 DQ Write 641 DQ Mixed 185 261% 479 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 425%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 5,796 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID a81d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.5 11 10 11 11 10 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	7.9% Terrible	Read 27 Write 2.5 Mixed 7.8 SusWrite 10.5 13% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 27% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.9% Great: 9%
WDC WD50 00AAKS-75V0A0 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 365GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 24 24 25 24 25 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	13.3% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 34 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 24.1 39% 29.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.3 43% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 37%
ST2000DM 001-1CH164 2TB 185 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.8 3.1 3 3.2 3.1 3.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Read 37 Write 31 Mixed 31 SusWrite 3.1 32% 25.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2A2666C16 2x8GB 23,313 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 36 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 30.3 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 25.9 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 94%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 74%

Battleship

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	68x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	40x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $74Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	40x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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