MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '19 at 04:34
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 86.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 250 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 798 79% 645 Pts	64-Core 998 62% 998 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3672) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Lighting 88.1 Reflection 86.1 Parallax 31.2 72% 68.5 fps	MRender 81.5 Gravity 77.2 Splatting 67.9 61% 75.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 526ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 127 132 127 132 129 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 399 Write 142 Mixed 196 SusWrite 130 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 39.6 140% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 112 97% 144 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 87%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 437GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 449 470 472 472 470 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 460 Mixed 439 SusWrite 466 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 54.5 185% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 298 232% 320 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 531GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 159 163 164 166 166 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 166 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 163 103% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 41.8 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 33.1 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 27.7 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%

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Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	179x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	88x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	67x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	63x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	50x
GTX 1660-TiNvidia $143Bench 76%, 318,562 samples	47x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	26x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	22x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	61x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	41x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	21x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $550

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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