MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	93.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190925
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '20 at 09:47
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 693 73% 582 Pts	64-Core 1,215 75% 1,215 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 186 Parallax 196 134% 182 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 185 Splatting 127 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411030WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 251 256 256 255 258 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 421 Mixed 230 SusWrite 254 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 28.8 146% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 152 160% 267 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 111%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 578GB free Firmware: 411030WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 462 475 474 476 475 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 486 Mixed 390 SusWrite 458 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 50.7 177% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 255 218% 322 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 40 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 32.5 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.7 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 27.5 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	293x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	117x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	74x
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 $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	40x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	38x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	128x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	41x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $641

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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16