MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27% 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	186% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '19 at 11:23
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 653 65% 532 Pts	64-Core 920 57% 920 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% MSI(1462 341B) CLim: 1154 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.20 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27% Poor	Lighting 33.2 Reflection 41.2 Parallax 61.8 27% 45.4 fps	MRender 14.6 Gravity 51.3 Splatting 31.1 27% 32.3 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 256GB 15,205 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614B0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1067 637 167 169 165 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,614 Write 1054 Mixed 981 SusWrite 391 224% 1,010 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 46.3 213% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 768 DQ Write 768 DQ Mixed 541 469% 692 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 230%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 915GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 164 167 168 160 164 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 164 Mixed 112 SusWrite 164 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TL48G32S8KGRGB16 2x8GB 681 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 44.8 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 36.2 115% 40.2 GB/s	SC Read 26.3 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 30.9 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 111%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	180x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	88x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	67x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	63x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	50x
GTX 1660-TiNvidia $143Bench 76%, 318,562 samples	47x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	22x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	41x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	21x

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Total price: $519

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16