MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.1% 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 Drive	112% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '20 at 10:43
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 2700X-$199 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 87.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 255 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 899 84% 702 Pts	64-Core 1,347 83% 1,347 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Lighting 94.7 Reflection 91.2 Parallax 85 77% 90.3 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 81.4 Splatting 72.5 71% 89.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 445 453 456 458 456 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 459 Mixed 431 SusWrite 440 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 50 169% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 258 199% 269 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 123%
ROG ESD-S1C 500GB 261 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 264GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 360 367 369 369 374 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 318 Write 240 Mixed 356 SusWrite 357 72% 318 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 28 93% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 108 82% 109 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 93%
3 51 2GB SSD 17 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 46GB free Firmware: 8101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 338 345 348 348 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 377 Write 352 Mixed 330 SusWrite 301 77% 340 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 19.4 73% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 44.2 50% 85.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 76%
Toshiba HDWL110 1TB 7,333 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 911GB free Firmware: JU000A SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 134 134 134 134 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 143 Write 116 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 134 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 6.6 4K Mixed 0.6 243% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 79%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 312GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 93 93 93 94 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 50.2 Write 73.7 Mixed 66 SusWrite 93.5 53% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G30C15U4BL.M8FE1 2x8GB 973 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 42.2 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 33.3 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 25.7 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 29.8 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 107%

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Typical B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) Builds (Compare 1,520 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 $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	294x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	211x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	117x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $287Bench 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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $682

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $38	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