MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.4% 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	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '20 at 19:06
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 82.4 1-Core 129 2-Core 257 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 936 86% 718 Pts	64-Core 1,347 83% 1,347 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 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)	75.4% Very good	Lighting 94.9 Reflection 92 Parallax 85.3 77% 90.7 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 81.3 Splatting 74.3 72% 90 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.4% 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: 369 441 452 455 456 458 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 461 Mixed 432 SusWrite 438 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 88 4K Mixed 50 168% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 259 199% 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: 298 362 369 371 350 339 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 345 Write 364 Mixed 332 SusWrite 348 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 29.4 93% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 108 82% 109 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 93%
3 51 2GB SSD 17 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 46GB free Firmware: 8101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 336 350 352 353 188 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 372 Write 354 Mixed 330 SusWrite 311 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 38.3 4K Mixed 18.4 72% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 44.6 51% 86.8 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: 131 134 134 135 134 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 146 Write 136 Mixed 54 SusWrite 134 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 6.7 4K Mixed 0.6 249% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 79%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 312GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 93 93 93 93 93 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 71.5 Write 99.7 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 92.7 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.1% 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 (92^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 32.2 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 26.3 SC Write 38.8 SC Mixed 31 92% 32 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

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Gaming 79%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 74%

Battleship

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	294x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	117x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	41x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $612

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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