MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 84%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics126% 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 Drive131% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A38
MotherboardMSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)  (all builds)
Memory22.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180620
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateJun 29 '20 at 19:59
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 12%
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 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
72.9% Very good
Memory 68.8
1-Core 103
2-Core 206
70% 126 Pts
4-Core 414
8-Core 605
64% 510 Pts
64-Core 841
52% 841 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 72.9%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396
CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing below potential (66th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
126% Outstanding
Lighting 175
Reflection 161
Parallax 174
142% 170 fps
MRender 176
Gravity 150
Splatting 108
114% 145 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 126%
Great: 134%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74
312GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 815 102 137 76 26 13 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
131% Outstanding
Read 1,442
Write 1,464
Mixed 1,044
SusWrite 195
232% 1,036 MB/s
4K Read 48.8
4K Write 87.2
4K Mixed 29.9
158% 55.3 MB/s
DQ Read 635
DQ Write 30.5
DQ Mixed 49.2
107% 238 MB/s
Poor: 127%
This bench: 131%
Great: 255%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30
224GB free
Firmware: 0002SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 87 87 86 86 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
52.5% Above average
Read 97.2
Write 102
Mixed 58.5
SusWrite 85.9
63% 85.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.6
100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 52.5%
Great: 61%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
444GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3J0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 94 95 95 95 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
53.6% Above average
Read 92.2
Write 87
Mixed 20
SusWrite 94.3
53% 73.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 53.6%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
64.6% Good
MC Read 24.8
MC Write 22
MC Mixed 22.3
66% 23 GB/s
SC Read 18
SC Write 22.6
SC Mixed 21.5
59% 20.7 GB/s
Latency 104
38% 104 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 64.6%
Great: 120%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 743 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 40%
Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Excellent Total price: $363
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