MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '19 at 10:19
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 3600-$200 740,179 User benchmarks, average bench 85% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 82.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 265 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 865 87% 688 Pts	64-Core 1,095 74% 1,095 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$450 788,376 User benchmarks, average bench 105% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 142 Parallax 126 106% 133 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 132 Splatting 107 104% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 117%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$100 56,805 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 109 92 88 94 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 487 Mixed 329 SusWrite 124 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 59.3 208% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 331 259% 356 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 115%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 35,709 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 286GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 97 101 102 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 93 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 100 58% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 111%
General USB Flash Disk 16GB 5,157 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 15GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 9.6 8.2 9 8.8 9 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	5.92% Terrible	Read 17.5 Write 2.7 Mixed 9 SusWrite 8.5 11% 9.43 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.92% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$81 91,960 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 32.4 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 24.7 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 32.9 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 96%

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Gaming 94%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 89%

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Motherboard: MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) - $122

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $200Bench 85%, 740,179 samples	1,452x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $183Bench 77%, 620,614 samples	845x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $330Bench 87%, 469,549 samples	476x

GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 107%, 316,936 samples	390x
RX 580AMD $220Bench 55%, 659,180 samples	345x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 200,076 samples	329x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $70Bench 270%, 313,996 samples	193x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $105Bench 231%, 112,575 samples	190x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $60Bench 106%, 530,736 samples	158x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 84%, 440,338 samples	567x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $73Bench 82%, 483,535 samples	367x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $77Bench 85%, 204,681 samples	185x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $871

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $224	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-10400F $148	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $320	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16