MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive161% 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.
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-7A38
MotherboardMSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)  (all builds)
Memory8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190722
Uptime3.5 Days
Run DateOct 19 '20 at 14:01
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing as expected (40th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
85% Excellent
Memory 70.8
1-Core 147
2-Core 293
90% 170 Pts
4-Core 532
8-Core 843
85% 687 Pts
64-Core 1,052
65% 1,052 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 85%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 137
Reflection 112
Parallax 227
112% 159 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 130
Splatting 159
113% 134 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 110%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata SX6000LNP 512GB
81GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V9001c00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 710 69 151 3.8 33 3.8 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
161% Outstanding
Read 1,642
Write 1,054
Mixed 814
SusWrite 162
203% 918 MB/s
4K Read 41.7
4K Write 150
4K Mixed 51.4
208% 80.9 MB/s
DQ Read 231
DQ Write 739
DQ Mixed 377
320% 449 MB/s
Poor: 83%
This bench: 161%
Great: 259%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB
1TB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 33 44 19 14 2.8 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
9.37% Terrible
Read 9.5
Write 0.7
Mixed 2
SusWrite 23.2
6% 8.85 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.1
17% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 17%
This bench: 9.37%
Great: 67%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
66.9% Good
MC Read 28.1
MC Write 17.9
MC Mixed 25.9
68% 24 GB/s
SC Read 19.6
SC Write 17.9
SC Mixed 24.9
59% 20.8 GB/s
Latency 99.5
40% 99.5 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 66.9%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 706 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $550
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