MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	258% 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.

Very high background CPU (80%). 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	15.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '20 at 06:44
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	80%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 77.5 1-Core 141 2-Core 266 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 835 81% 664 Pts	64-Core 1,159 72% 1,159 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3173) CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.9% Very good	Lighting 91.4 Reflection 91.7 Parallax 89.9 74% 91 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 64.1 67% 84.9 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 583GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1500 1221 1221 1186 1205 1141 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 1,763 Write 1,656 Mixed 1,174 SusWrite 1,246 328% 1,459 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 59.4 193% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,262 DQ Write 1,044 DQ Mixed 1,169 871% 1,158 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 372%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 485GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 428 436 401 427 392 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 437 Write 432 Mixed 403 SusWrite 408 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 49.6 143% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 372 280% 375 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GB 32,191 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 35 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 30.8 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 85.4 47% 85.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 134%

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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 $83Bench 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	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 Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	41x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $646

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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