MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.9% 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	276% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '20 at 10:33
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 124 2-Core 243 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 701 73% 584 Pts	64-Core 942 58% 942 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.9% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 132 Parallax 114 100% 123 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 118 Splatting 103 86% 105 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 392GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1136 666 662 662 664 663 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,549 Write 2,309 Mixed 1,477 SusWrite 742 395% 1,769 MB/s	4K Read 63.2 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 84.1 286% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 930 DQ Write 867 DQ Mixed 892 671% 896 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 340%
Toshiba Q300 Pro 256GB-$149 1,385 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 234GB free Firmware: JURA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 445 455 464 463 454 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 459 Mixed 445 SusWrite 457 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 38.1 123% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 359 267% 354 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 102%
Tammuz SSD 1TB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 574GB free Firmware: 02000009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 448 446 446 463 463 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 244 Write 100 Mixed 85 SusWrite 449 50% 220 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 19.4 4K Mixed 10.5 49% 15.6 MB/s	DQ Read 14.2 DQ Write 15.2 DQ Mixed 14.5 11% 14.6 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 231%
Generic Flash Disk 64GB 638 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.5 10 8.7 9.5 9.9 7.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	4.42% Terrible	Read 8.2 Write 7 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 9.1 8% 6.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.42% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 42.9 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 34.6 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 26 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 30.6 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%

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Gaming 79%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

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 $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 $40Bench 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: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	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