MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics79.6% 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 Drive113% 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.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A40
MotherboardMSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)  (all builds)
Memory13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200611
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateNov 23 '20 at 03:02
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 2700-$185
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.65 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
86.6% Excellent
Memory 89.5
1-Core 112
2-Core 225
81% 142 Pts
4-Core 450
8-Core 826
76% 638 Pts
64-Core 1,216
75% 1,216 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 86.6%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
79.6% Very good
Lighting 98.2
Reflection 108
Parallax 92.3
80% 99.6 fps
MRender 94.7
Gravity 92.5
Splatting 99.5
79% 95.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109
509GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVQ02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 420 480 487 486 486 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Read 508
Write 484
Mixed 409
SusWrite 448
104% 463 MB/s
4K Read 33
4K Write 92.2
4K Mixed 46.2
158% 57.1 MB/s
DQ Read 377
DQ Write 361
DQ Mixed 368
277% 369 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 113%
Great: 121%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$50
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
112% Outstanding
MC Read 47.1
MC Write 40.7
MC Mixed 34.5
116% 40.8 GB/s
SC Read 26.5
SC Write 45.3
SC Mixed 30.2
97% 34 GB/s
Latency 67.9
59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 112%
Great: 120%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) Builds (Compare 1,507 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $642
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