MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.6% 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	110% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180620
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '20 at 16:43
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (53^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 86.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 912 83% 695 Pts	64-Core 1,286 80% 1,286 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6284) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.6% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 131 Parallax 113 104% 124 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 120 Splatting 99 88% 108 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A 500GB 24,830 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 379 406 404 393 419 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 440 Mixed 298 SusWrite 400 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 47.1 162% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 192 185% 292 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 119%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 74GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 67 65 69 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 98.5 Write 90.7 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 68 59% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 69%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 21 33 22 33 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 21.5 Write 34 Mixed 16.8 SusWrite 27.2 18% 24.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 74% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 17,279 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 32.5 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 25.2 SC Write 35.4 SC Mixed 27.5 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 111%

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

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 40%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	322x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	84x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	54x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	170x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	77x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	30x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $35Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	93x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
SU650 240GBAdata $70Bench 70%, 47,016 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	37x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GBAdataBench 42%, 10,940 samples	27x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $363

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 $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