MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	19% 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	78.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2048 x 1152 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '19 at 01:41
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G-$104 181,631 User benchmarks, average bench 60% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 87.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 493 66% 493 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1248 MHz, MLim: 1525 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	19% Very poor	Lighting 0.37 Reflection 61.3 Parallax 85.8 0% 49.2 fps	MRender 61.7 Gravity 59.4 Splatting 77.7 55% 66.3 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 120GB-$70 6,931 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 173 182 182 183 182 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 507 Write 183 Mixed 247 SusWrite 179 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 31.5 122% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 172 142% 206 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 89%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 429GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 87 86 88 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 88.8 Write 88.7 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 86.9 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 2x4GB 13,047 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 38.3 112% 39 GB/s	SC Read 26.1 SC Write 43.9 SC Mixed 29 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 106%

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

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	321x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	84x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	54x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	169x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	77x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	30x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	93x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
SU650 240GBAdata $70Bench 70%, 47,016 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	37x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GBAdataBench 42%, 10,940 samples	27x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $340

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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