MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190722
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '20 at 11:08
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 86.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 238 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 727 74% 601 Pts	64-Core 972 60% 972 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1261) CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3575 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 92.5 Parallax 87.2 83% 93.9 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 88.8 Splatting 76.6 75% 94.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 505 Write 462 Mixed 443 105% 470 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 51.6 172% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 278 234% 340 MB/s
Poor: 73% Great: 123%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 405GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 133 133 134 135 135 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 158 Write 118 Mixed 95.5 SusWrite 134 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 667GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 177 175 177 177 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 167 Mixed 113 SusWrite 176 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 248% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE 2x8GB 15,011 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3466 MHz clocked @ 1733 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 47.5 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 36.6 121% 42.4 GB/s	SC Read 25.7 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 29.5 95% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 113%

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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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	22x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 77% - Very good

Total price: $539

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) $38	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