MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.5% 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	82.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200610
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '20 at 16:40
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 78.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 235 79% 144 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 754 74% 608 Pts	64-Core 970 60% 970 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% Sapphire(1DA2 E416) ≥ 4GB Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.9.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.5% Average	Lighting 48 Reflection 54.6 Parallax 45 39% 49.2 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 48 Splatting 62.6 49% 59.7 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 51 43 54 54 54 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 503 Write 461 Mixed 404 SusWrite 89.5 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 41.4 138% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 245 206% 296 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 91%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 68GB free Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 7.2 7.5 7.3 7.4 7.2 MB/s Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.1% Good	Read 14.7 Write 15 Mixed 15.1 SusWrite 75.3 7% 30 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 26.7 149% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 34.4 88% 180 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 183 193 197 66 85 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 149 Mixed 86.6 SusWrite 146 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D30AESCK.M8FE 2x8GB 5,706 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 42.9 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 34.8 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 29.8 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 83.6 48% 83.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%

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

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	179x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	88x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	67x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	63x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	50x
GTX 1660-TiNvidia $143Bench 76%, 318,562 samples	47x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	26x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	22x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	61x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	41x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	21x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $521

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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