MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	49.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	98.4% 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

4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 25 days ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '19 at 00:07
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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	Extreme
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$115 276,040 User benchmarks, average bench 75% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83% Excellent	1-Core 119 2-Core 237 84% 178 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 799 80% 636 Pts	64-Core 1,010 68% 1,010 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$120 128,220 User benchmarks, average bench 48% Sapphire(1DA2 E353) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1284 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.7.1 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Lighting 186 Reflection 172 Parallax 250 49% 202 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 180 Splatting 128 50% 149 fps
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 500GB 4,800 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 331GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 422 421 425 418 415 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 416 Write 393 Mixed 334 SusWrite 418 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 34.3 143% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 248 197% 274 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 116%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 156,248 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 678GB free Firmware: 2BA30003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 99 100 100 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	56% Above average	Read 95.1 Write 62.7 Mixed 54.4 SusWrite 99.9 57% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$80 42,505 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 41.4 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 33.1 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 27.5 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%

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

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 79%

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Motherboard: MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $115Bench 75%, 276,040 samples	1,001x
Ryzen 5 2400GAMD $120Bench 66%, 60,515 samples	372x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $140Bench 80%, 132,723 samples	359x

GPU
RX 580AMD $160Bench 57%, 304,098 samples	378x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $280Bench 57%, 752,541 samples	239x
RX Vega 11 (Ryzen iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 27,215 samples	238x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $80Bench 273%, 142,223 samples	201x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $100Bench 293%, 63,309 samples	135x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $71Bench 232%, 86,407 samples	125x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 84%, 285,104 samples	431x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $80Bench 87%, 164,531 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $65Bench 87%, 90,333 samples	114x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $543

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $244	Crucial MX500 250GB $44
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 2060 $324	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $55

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24