MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.11% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	97.7% 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '20 at 17:02
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700-$185 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.65 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 880 81% 679 Pts	64-Core 1,314 81% 1,314 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 2189 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	1.11% Terrible	Lighting 1.6 Reflection 8 Parallax 59.9 1% 23.2 fps	MRender 0.5 Gravity 2 Splatting 0.4 1% 0.97 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 1.11% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 508GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 339 77 68 80 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 485 Mixed 409 SusWrite 176 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 46.9 161% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 366 276% 369 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$50 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 47.6 MC Write 41.7 MC Mixed 34.6 118% 41.3 GB/s	SC Read 27.8 SC Write 44.5 SC Mixed 31.5 99% 34.6 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 120%

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

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Typical B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) Builds (Compare 1,512 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 79%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 74%

Battleship

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	294x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	117x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	75x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	71x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	69x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	40x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	38x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	128x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	41x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16