MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics72.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive278% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A40
MotherboardMSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)  (all builds)
Memory27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190622
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 13 '19 at 22:31
Run Duration148 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
95.6% Outstanding
Memory 79.3
1-Core 152
2-Core 302
95% 178 Pts
4-Core 598
8-Core 1,166
104% 882 Pts
64-Core 1471
91% 1471 Pts
Poor: 76%
This bench: 95.6%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143
PNY(196E 1325) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
72.7% Very good
Lighting 96.5
Reflection 85.4
Parallax 76.1
79% 86 fps
MRender 71.5
Gravity 79.5
Splatting 73.7
61% 74.9 fps
Poor: 62%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 73%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
385GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1099 1223 817 815 817 816 MB/s
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
278% Outstanding
Read 1,549
Write 1,422
Mixed 1,321
SusWrite 931
293% 1,306 MB/s
4K Read 70.9
4K Write 180
4K Mixed 99.2
330% 117 MB/s
DQ Read 1,349
DQ Write 1194
DQ Mixed 1,258
947% 1,267 MB/s
Poor: 178%
This bench: 278%
Great: 355%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$120
1TB free
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 455 471 471 474 471 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
122% Outstanding
Read 513
Write 473
Mixed 426
SusWrite 454
105% 466 MB/s
4K Read 37
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 54.7
185% 67.6 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 360
DQ Mixed 299
244% 348 MB/s
Poor: 83%
This bench: 122%
Great: 125%
Seagate BUP SL 5TB
4TB free
Firmware: 0109
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 121 121 121 120 121 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
11.9% Very poor
Read 78.5
Write 134
Mixed 74
SusWrite 121
23% 102 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 0.7
5% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 11.9%
Great: 13%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
90.3% Outstanding
MC Read 35.6
MC Write 27.1
MC Mixed 35
93% 32.6 GB/s
SC Read 24.7
SC Write 26.9
SC Mixed 32.1
80% 27.9 GB/s
Latency 81.9
49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 90.3%
Great: 106%

 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 1,509 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: $646
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CPUGPUSSD
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HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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