MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	43.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	256% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '19 at 00:07
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 80.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 782 74% 615 Pts	64-Core 946 59% 946 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1206 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	43.9% Average	Lighting 53.1 Reflection 63 Parallax 67.8 43% 61.3 fps	MRender 63.3 Gravity 50.3 Splatting 52.6 45% 55.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$59 34,063 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 214GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 962 979 465 259 258 259 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,611 Write 994 Mixed 1,111 SusWrite 530 288% 1,312 MB/s	4K Read 61.1 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 81.5 271% 93.8 MB/s	DQ Read 825 DQ Write 742 DQ Mixed 477 442% 681 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 271%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 183GB free Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 181 135 102 103 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 374 Mixed 340 SusWrite 178 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 42 154% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 223 189% 274 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 102%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 193 193 193 193 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 186 Mixed 32 SusWrite 193 107% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.4 131% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x4GB 7,555 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 29.1 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.1 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 105%

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 40%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	322x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	84x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	54x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	170x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	77x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	30x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $35Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	93x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
SU650 240GBAdata $70Bench 70%, 47,016 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	37x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GBAdataBench 42%, 10,940 samples	27x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $363

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 $177	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