MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results

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Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	116% 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.
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

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '19 at 16:39
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$200 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 84.4 1-Core 152 2-Core 304 97% 180 Pts	4-Core 610 8-Core 1,042 100% 826 Pts	64-Core 1,531 95% 1,531 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 118 Parallax 274 122% 180 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 143 Splatting 162 117% 140 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 26GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,399 Write 1461 Mixed 1,282 378% 1,714 MB/s	4K Read 59.7 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 81.4 280% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 971 DQ Write 839 DQ Mixed 964 706% 925 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM91.2 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 83.5 Write 339 Mixed 23.7 107% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 20.5 4K Mixed 1.5 567% 7.5 MB/s	DQ Read 37.6 DQ Write 14.6 DQ Mixed 24.8 231% 25.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 59%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 75GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 128 128 129 129 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 128 Write 89 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 128 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 231% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 6TB (2017)-$87 14,331 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 174 174 176 177 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 118 Write 148 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 172 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.8 252% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D30BESBK.8FD 2x8GB 12,876 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 32.8 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 25.6 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 34.5 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 107%

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Typical B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) Builds (Compare 1,518 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 $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	294x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	117x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	75x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	71x
RX 580AMD $120Bench 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 $74Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	128x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	41x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $608

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16