MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	272% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '19 at 13:46
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 82.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 791 77% 633 Pts	64-Core 985 61% 985 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% EVGA(3842 1167) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Lighting 97.3 Reflection 86.2 Parallax 83.4 79% 89 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 80 Splatting 76 62% 75.9 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$71 2,245 User benchmarks, average bench 255% 374GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1106C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1018 1781 1803 1817 1304 526 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 2,536 Write 1,804 Mixed 1,400 SusWrite 1375 397% 1,779 MB/s	4K Read 59.2 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 78.7 263% 91.8 MB/s	DQ Read 60 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 76.5 63% 88 MB/s
Poor: 155% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 339%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$55 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 396GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 467 470 472 472 473 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 468 Mixed 446 SusWrite 452 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 53.2 174% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 366 DQ Mixed 54.2 124% 255 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 125%
ioSafe G3 4TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3.5TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 184 184 184 184 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 149 Write 152 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 183 188% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 91% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 33.3 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 26.5 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 29.8 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 94%

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

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Gaming 79%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

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	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 $40Bench 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: $641

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 $40	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