MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	225% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '20 at 16:50
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 1600AF-$97 52,721 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 86.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 703 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 906 56% 906 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$295 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 401B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	58.2% Above average	Lighting 75.7 Reflection 72.2 Parallax 69.1 62% 72.3 fps	MRender 68.4 Gravity 70.6 Splatting 54 52% 64.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 914 804 793 795 790 774 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 2,452 Write 1,076 Mixed 1,652 SusWrite 812 332% 1,498 MB/s	4K Read 55.3 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 66.1 216% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 59.7 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 77.2 99% 167 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 405GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 16 16 16 16 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 128 Write 14.2 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 30.4 44% 59.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 132% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 90%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 221GB free Firmware: ML6OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 24 24 25 25 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 116 Write 25.5 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 24.5 42% 56.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 43.8 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 34.6 113% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 25.1 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 28.6 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

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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 $85Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	291x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $199Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	116x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	73x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	71x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	68x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	40x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $74Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	101x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	40x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $643

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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