MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.7% 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	28.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180806
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '20 at 20:31
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X-$102 38,959 User benchmarks, average bench 65% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 75.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 218 75% 134 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 420 57% 422 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3729) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.7% Poor	Lighting 36.3 Reflection 29.1 Parallax 32.1 30% 32.5 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 37 Splatting 34.7 30% 36.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 132 125 14 65 120 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	28.4% Poor	Read 204 Write 87.2 Mixed 83 SusWrite 95.9 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 19.8 4K Mixed 10.6 46% 14.9 MB/s	DQ Read 14.5 DQ Write 15.6 DQ Mixed 14.5 11% 14.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 769GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 145 146 146 146 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 144 Write 141 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 141 84% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 157% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2133 C15 1x8GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	49.6% Average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 89.9 44% 89.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 47%

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

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	294x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	117x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 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 $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	40x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	38x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	128x
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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $607

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16