MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	266% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191112
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '20 at 02:22
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 79.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 288 92% 171 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 879 81% 677 Pts	64-Core 1,057 65% 1,057 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% MSI(1462 3812) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.3.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 117 Parallax 248 112% 168 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 133 Splatting 161 114% 136 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
T-force 500GB 500GB 6,415 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 466GB free Firmware: 02K0S8FA SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 471 473 477 476 476 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 475 Mixed 457 SusWrite 473 108% 480 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 62.4 207% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 137 169% 297 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 126%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 417GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1281 846 849 849 845 843 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 1,581 Write 1,768 Mixed 1382 SusWrite 919 318% 1,412 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 205 4K Mixed 83.9 298% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,290 DQ Write 1,159 DQ Mixed 1,230 921% 1,226 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 276%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 32.7 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 25 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 32.7 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 81 49% 81 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 104%

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

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Typical B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) Builds (Compare 1,507 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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 $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	74x
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	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