MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.7% 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	84.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 01:47
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th 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 4.15 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 85.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 942 87% 727 Pts	64-Core 1,376 85% 1,376 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Zotac(19DA 2516) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.7% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 115 Parallax 126 97% 120 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 117 Splatting 96.2 102% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$60 3,894 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8TM53.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 192 123 121 210 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 134 Write 301 Mixed 631 SusWrite 177 71% 311 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 48.4 170% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 388 DQ Mixed 232 211% 320 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 153%
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 62GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 133 133 235 133 132 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.3% Below average	Read 164 Write 86 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 166 28% 125 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 19.9 4K Mixed 10.8 46% 15 MB/s	DQ Read 14.4 DQ Write 15.6 DQ Mixed 14.5 11% 14.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 85%
Spcc Solid State Disk 128GB 14,793 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 118GB free Firmware: SBFM91.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 191 191 191 191 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 326 Write 283 Mixed 257 SusWrite 199 60% 266 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 37 147% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 187 163% 240 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 93%
Sony Storage Media 8GB 864 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 4GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 6.1 6.2 5.7 6.1 5.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	7.28% Terrible	Read 24.9 Write 5.7 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 5.9 10% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 37% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.28% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (84^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	98.2% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 30.8 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 26.8 85% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 109%

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Gaming 79%

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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 $84Bench 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: $642

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