MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	253% 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	32GB 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 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '20 at 16:27
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 87.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 753 76% 615 Pts	64-Core 900 56% 900 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% MSI(1462 381E) ≥ 4GB Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.4.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 102 Parallax 194 95% 138 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 110 Splatting 137 96% 115 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$35 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 343GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1176 984 986 997 985 988 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 1,998 Write 2,197 Mixed 1,767 SusWrite 1,019 392% 1,745 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 69.6 239% 87.6 MB/s	DQ Read 949 DQ Write 694 DQ Mixed 878 641% 840 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 297%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 224GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 491 489 486 490 490 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 478 Mixed 391 SusWrite 489 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 55 189% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 335 262% 360 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 361GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 438 433 431 434 434 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 489 Mixed 364 SusWrite 436 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 44.7 154% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 197 187% 295 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 35.3 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.7 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 28.8 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) - $120

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	294x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $179Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	117x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	75x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	71x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	69x

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 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	128x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	41x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $611

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16