MSI B450M GAMING PLUS (MS-7B87)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics91.3% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B87
MotherboardMSI B450M GAMING PLUS (MS-7B87)  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190125
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 18 '20 at 17:37
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$155
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
84.4% Excellent
Memory 87.7
1-Core 109
2-Core 222
79% 139 Pts
4-Core 436
8-Core 707
70% 572 Pts
64-Core 883
55% 883 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 84.4%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
Gigabyte(1458 37D9) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing below potential (63rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
91.3% Outstanding
Lighting 115
Reflection 115
Parallax 118
94% 116 fps
MRender 140
Gravity 101
Splatting 86.8
87% 109 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 91.3%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$45
51GB free
Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 661
Write 1,288
Mixed 828
209% 926 MB/s
4K Read 40.2
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 57.7
195% 70.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,048
DQ Write 629
DQ Mixed 552
488% 743 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 277%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 168 176 173 180 169 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
93.2% Outstanding
Read 152
Write 164
Mixed 64
SusWrite 173
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 93.2%
Great: 114%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$21
87GB free
Firmware: 05.06H05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 61 62 62 63 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
34.4% Below average
Read 57
Write 55.7
Mixed 41.5
SusWrite 62.4
40% 54.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 34.4%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G4D32AESCK.M8FE 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
112% Outstanding
MC Read 45.1
MC Write 41.4
MC Mixed 36.8
117% 41.1 GB/s
SC Read 26.7
SC Write 39.7
SC Mixed 30.8
93% 32.4 GB/s
Latency 69.8
57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 112%
Great: 114%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M GAMING PLUS (MS-7B87) Builds (Compare 1,686 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B450M GAMING PLUS (MS-7B87) - $90

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $448
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