MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	241% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190819
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '19 at 07:35
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 2400G-$135 127,344 User benchmarks, average bench 63% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 213 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 505 55% 434 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 11 (Ryzen iGPU) 44,235 User benchmarks, average bench 15% MSI(1462 7A40) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Lighting 21.2 Reflection 18.3 Parallax 28.8 17% 22.8 fps	MRender 16.2 Gravity 23.6 Splatting 21.9 17% 20.6 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$40 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 540 422 414 369 370 364 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2457 Write 1,909 Mixed 1,393 SusWrite 413 343% 1,543 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 81.2 243% 91.9 MB/s	DQ Read 942 DQ Write 874 DQ Mixed 943 698% 920 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 302%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 191GB free Firmware: UG4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 78 52 226 253 254 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 414 Write 362 Mixed 308 SusWrite 191 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 24.6 4K Mixed 16.2 60% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 72.8 DQ Mixed 31.9 41% 74.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 32.4 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 26.4 SC Write 44.6 SC Mixed 28.6 95% 33.2 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 111%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 74%

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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 $296Bench 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: $619

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16