MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 151% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 152% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, 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	389% 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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '20 at 03:26
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$190 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 87.3 1-Core 157 2-Core 313 100% 186 Pts	4-Core 625 8-Core 1,117 105% 871 Pts	64-Core 1,564 97% 1,564 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 102% 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 191 Reflection 188 Parallax 362 156% 247 fps	MRender 299 Gravity 136 Splatting 191 167% 208 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% 264GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2199 2147 2148 2153 2147 2052 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	389% Outstanding	Read 2,739 Write 2205 Mixed 1,526 SusWrite 2141 482% 2,153 MB/s	4K Read 60.2 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 85.8 301% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1355 DQ Write 1,161 DQ Mixed 1,240 934% 1252 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 389% Great: 393%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$117 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 16GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 518 Write 504 Mixed 320 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 41.1 155% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 375 DQ Mixed 68.6 134% 267 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 111%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$46 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 122GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 71 74 73 75 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 55.5 Write 55.3 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 73.2 41% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 62%
WD WD10S21X-24R1BT0-SSHD-8GB 1TB 17,076 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 549GB free Firmware: 03.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 93 92 93 84 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 107 Write 99.8 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 88.3 65% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 56.2% 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 @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 37.9 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 37.9 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 103%

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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 $81Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	294x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	211x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $190Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	117x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $273Bench 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 $149Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	40x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $88Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	38x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	129x
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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $663

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $251	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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