MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics110% 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 Drive292% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A40
MotherboardMSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)  (all builds)
Memory23.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191112
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateMar 26 '20 at 22:37
Run Duration190 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
85.2% Excellent
Memory 69.9
1-Core 144
2-Core 286
88% 166 Pts
4-Core 540
8-Core 846
85% 693 Pts
64-Core 1037
64% 1037 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210
Nvidia(10DE 139E) ≥ 4GB; PG180
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
110% Outstanding
Lighting 144
Reflection 138
Parallax 144
117% 142 fps
MRender 168
Gravity 120
Splatting 97.1
101% 128 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 110%
Great: 123%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
263GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1878 667 588 588 590 585 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
292% Outstanding
Read 2,538
Write 2363
Mixed 1,649
SusWrite 816
411% 1,841 MB/s
4K Read 64.8
4K Write 162
4K Mixed 87.7
297% 105 MB/s
DQ Read 1,179
DQ Write 1,022
DQ Mixed 1103
826% 1,101 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 292%
Great: 340%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$200
1.5TB free
Firmware: RVQ02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 492 491 491 491 492 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
124% Outstanding
Read 512
Write 489
Mixed 404
SusWrite 490
107% 474 MB/s
4K Read 35.3
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 52.1
182% 68.1 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 361
DQ Mixed 367
277% 372 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 124%
Great: 122%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114
2 of 2 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
66.2% Good
MC Read 26.9
MC Write 17.9
MC Mixed 26.1
68% 23.6 GB/s
SC Read 19.4
SC Write 17.8
SC Mixed 25.5
60% 20.9 GB/s
Latency 102
39% 102 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 66.2%
Great: 114%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) Builds (Compare 1,509 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $646
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