MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	11.9% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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

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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191030
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '19 at 04:49
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 80.7 1-Core 145 2-Core 291 93% 172 Pts	4-Core 579 8-Core 896 91% 737 Pts	64-Core 1,098 68% 1,098 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 94.3% 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 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 101 Parallax 276 102% 167 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 128 Splatting 148 108% 130 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 103% 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: 889 901 903 830 10 53 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,379 Write 942 Mixed 877 SusWrite 598 212% 949 MB/s	4K Read 59 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 77 278% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 880 DQ Mixed 151 239% 435 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 209%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 329GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 452 377 6.9 7.3 7.1 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	11.9% Very poor	Read 9.8 Write 6.7 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 173 12% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 1.8 2% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 92%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$65 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 594GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 91 100 97 97 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 27 Write 1.7 Mixed 55 SusWrite 95.4 34% 44.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2.4 506% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 35.6% 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 (68^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 32.8 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 24.6 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 32.8 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 106%

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Typical B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) Builds (Compare 1,523 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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 i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
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