MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	38.1% 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	34% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '19 at 14:07
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$78 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 80.7 1-Core 148 2-Core 297 94% 175 Pts	4-Core 594 8-Core 916 93% 755 Pts	64-Core 1,122 70% 1,122 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Gigabyte(1458 2313) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.1% Below average	Lighting 0 Reflection 114 Parallax 246 0% 120 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 129 Splatting 158 112% 133 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$58 162,275 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 286GB free Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 907 903 739 58 55 30 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1381 Write 942 Mixed 889 SusWrite 449 204% 915 MB/s	4K Read 59.3 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 78 280% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 872 DQ Mixed 168 235% 410 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 209%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 324GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.4 4.8 5.1 4.4 4.6 4.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	34% Below average	Read 513 Write 450 Mixed 409 SusWrite 4.6 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 6.8 4K Mixed 0.4 50% 12.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 92%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$65 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 594GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 94 113 83 92 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 106 Write 2.3 Mixed 55 SusWrite 92.4 47% 63.9 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.8 347% 2 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP24D4U7S8MH-8 TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 16GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 33 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 33.6 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 106%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) - $120

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $78Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	295x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	212x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $190Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	118x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $271Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	75x
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 $149Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	40x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $88Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	38x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	129x
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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $658

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Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369