MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54% 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	94.6% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '20 at 08:44
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$85 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 67.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 259 83% 154 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 789 75% 622 Pts	64-Core 994 62% 994 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E353) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.10.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54% Above average	Lighting 67.8 Reflection 68.9 Parallax 84.6 55% 73.7 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 67.6 Splatting 56 52% 64.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 297 297 296 297 297 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 347 Mixed 279 SusWrite 298 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 34.1 144% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 245 201% 285 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 128%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$29 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 51GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 110 109 112 112 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 113 Write 98.3 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 110 62% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 22,404 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	64.8% Good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 25.7 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 21.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 112%

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

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Gaming 79%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) - $120

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $85Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	291x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $199Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	116x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	73x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	71x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	68x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	40x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $74Bench 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	101x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	40x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $643

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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