MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	140% 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	58.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '19 at 03:18
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 745 72% 590 Pts	64-Core 900 56% 900 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	140% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 200 Parallax 211 153% 199 fps	MRender 233 Gravity 195 Splatting 126 145% 185 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 54 90 18 73 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 480 Write 426 Mixed 412 SusWrite 101 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 10.2 DQ Mixed 0.4 31% 81.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 100%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 445GB free Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1283 929 513 510 523 519 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,451 Write 1,426 Mixed 1,074 SusWrite 713 261% 1,166 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 70 242% 86.5 MB/s	DQ Read 682 DQ Write 928 DQ Mixed 274 355% 628 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 295%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 28GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 20 19 20 7.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 36.8 Write 19.7 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 17.6 30% 24.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.7 147% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C18 2x8GB 30,532 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3600 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 46.5 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 37.9 117% 41.1 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 27 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

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Typical B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) Builds (Compare 1,509 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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	292x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	116x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	74x
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 Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	41x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $646

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