MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.5% 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	245% 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	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, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '19 at 18:12
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 2700-$185 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 107 2-Core 219 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 804 73% 615 Pts	64-Core 1,168 72% 1,168 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.5% Very good	Lighting 94.2 Reflection 116 Parallax 107 77% 106 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 103 82% 99.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1345 304 305 305 303 305 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,455 Write 1,469 Mixed 1,261 SusWrite 478 313% 1,416 MB/s	4K Read 57.4 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 75.7 258% 90.7 MB/s	DQ Read 965 DQ Write 713 DQ Mixed 949 679% 876 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 280%
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 112GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 131 132 134 142 297 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 380 Write 133 Mixed 164 SusWrite 190 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 26.1 114% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 93.4 84% 126 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 85%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 458GB free Firmware: GG2OACY0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 105 105 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 102 Write 98.9 Mixed 39.2 SusWrite 104 62% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 40.2 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 34.8 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 27.5 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

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Typical B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) Builds (Compare 1,513 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	294x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	117x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	75x
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 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	128x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	41x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $617

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16