MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 123% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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	127% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191112
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '20 at 13:27
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 3800X-$295 141,122 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 80.7 1-Core 158 2-Core 313 98% 184 Pts	4-Core 600 8-Core 972 96% 786 Pts	64-Core 1,387 86% 1,387 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 96%

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: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 196 Parallax 177 150% 185 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 183 Splatting 126 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 391 385 385 376 362 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 493 Mixed 374 SusWrite 392 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 63.6 213% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 372 280% 373 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$146 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1TB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 428 459 469 469 466 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 469 Mixed 413 SusWrite 455 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 54.4 188% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 301 246% 350 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 125%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 208GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 430 461 469 469 469 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 416 Write 468 Mixed 320 SusWrite 457 94% 415 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 44.8 165% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 178 157% 227 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 94GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 225 241 244 240 221 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 494 Write 215 Mixed 230 SusWrite 236 65% 294 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 28.2 102% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 80.3 DQ Mixed 118 105% 165 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.9% Very good	MC Read 33 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 32.3 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 32.1 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 97%

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Gaming 79%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 74%

Battleship

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	292x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	116x

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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	41x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $646

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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