MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 149% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 140% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	148% 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 Drive	383% 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.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '20 at 07:02
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3700X-$179 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 86.1 1-Core 156 2-Core 313 100% 185 Pts	4-Core 620 8-Core 1,081 103% 850 Pts	64-Core 1081 67% 1081 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6800-$759 18,552 User benchmarks, average bench 143% AMD(1002 0E3A) ≥ 4GB Ram: 16GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	148% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 191 Parallax 390 154% 257 fps	MRender 301 Gravity 137 Splatting 193 169% 210 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 153%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 268GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2045 1935 1984 1945 1905 1903 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	383% Outstanding	Read 2,770 Write 2175 Mixed 930 SusWrite 1,953 437% 1,957 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 80.9 278% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,471 DQ Write 1,518 DQ Mixed 1,564 1,157% 1,518 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 383% Great: 393%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 16GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 514 Write 500 Mixed 322 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 41.6 157% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 374 DQ Mixed 68.5 134% 267 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 111%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 122GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 72 73 73 75 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 57.2 Write 55.7 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 73 41% 56.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 62%
WD WD10S21X-24R1BT0-SSHD-8GB 1TB 17,076 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 549GB free Firmware: 03.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 90 93 85 67 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 107 Write 101 Mixed 56 SusWrite 86.3 64% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	91% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 36.9 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 25 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 35.6 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 103%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 74%

Battleship

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	294x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $179Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	117x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	128x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	41x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $611

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16