MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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 Drive	125% 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '20 at 01:24
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing way below expectations (9^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 3600-$82 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 69.9 1-Core 138 2-Core 247 82% 152 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 749 74% 606 Pts	64-Core 1,017 63% 1,017 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Nvidia(10DE 139E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 146 Parallax 157 105% 144 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 131 Splatting 107 110% 140 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$40 10,318 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 337GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 556 88 283 168 406 528 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 1,010 Write 971 Mixed 765 SusWrite 338 173% 771 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 15 121% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 497 DQ Write 862 DQ Mixed 448 405% 602 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 248%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 937GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 41 27 21 30 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 29.7 Write 39.2 Mixed 28.7 SusWrite 31.1 24% 32.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 69% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3200 2x8GB 16,678 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	64.3% Good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 26.4 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 19.3 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 107%

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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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	292x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 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 $73Bench 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	102x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	40x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $640

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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