MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	30% 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181221
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '20 at 13:15
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 71 1-Core 102 2-Core 223 72% 132 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 610 64% 513 Pts	64-Core 841 52% 841 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.2% Very good	Lighting 97.5 Reflection 88.2 Parallax 81.2 80% 89 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 84.3 Splatting 74.9 70% 87.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 247 250 105 32 31 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	30% Poor	Read 198 Write 96.5 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 148 29% 130 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 18.3 4K Mixed 10.4 40% 13.4 MB/s	DQ Read 14.5 DQ Write 15.4 DQ Mixed 14.6 11% 14.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 399GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 160 163 163 163 161 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 130 Mixed 78 SusWrite 161 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 113%
USB Flash Disk 2GB 1,397 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.4 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	4.73% Terrible	Read 13.5 Write 3.8 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 4.4 7% 6.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 29% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.73% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D30AESBK.M8FE 1x8GB 4,099 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.4% Below average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 13.4 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 13.2 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 99 40% 99 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 58%

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

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Typical B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 708 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

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

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

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 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	26x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	22x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	41x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	21x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $550

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16