MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	239% 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, 3 years ago, 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	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '20 at 06:30
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 86 1-Core 129 2-Core 256 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 868 83% 686 Pts	64-Core 1,361 84% 1,361 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% PowerColor(148C 2379) CLim: 1250 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.7.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Lighting 65 Reflection 65.2 Parallax 79.6 53% 70 fps	MRender 60.9 Gravity 61.5 Splatting 53.9 48% 58.8 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB 40,637 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 641GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1539 1041 1046 1042 1043 1047 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,470 Write 2,392 Mixed 1,703 SusWrite 1,126 379% 1,673 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 62.7 216% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,154 DQ Write 852 DQ Mixed 1007 752% 1,004 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 284%
Crucial M500 960GB-$59 4,389 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 172GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 412 413 413 412 411 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 423 Write 420 Mixed 328 SusWrite 412 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 34.8 127% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 187 177% 274 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2TB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 134 138 139 133 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 99.4 Write 89.1 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 136 62% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 8 4K Mixed 0.6 256% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x16GB 46,387 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 41.8 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 35.6 110% 38.5 GB/s	SC Read 28.3 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 28.8 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 164%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	292x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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