MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	243% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201221
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '21 at 07:10
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 89.1 1-Core 156 2-Core 307 100% 184 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 1,065 100% 828 Pts	64-Core 1,459 90% 1,459 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 156 Parallax 156 113% 150 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 148 Splatting 130 110% 134 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPEKKF256G8L 256GB 6,515 User benchmarks, average bench 169% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: L08P SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 272 273 272 272 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,212 Write 885 Mixed 1,073 SusWrite 288 245% 1,114 MB/s	4K Read 66.9 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 92.7 312% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 819 DQ Write 960 DQ Mixed 636 550% 805 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 236%
Amd-raid Array 1 16TB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 10TB free Firmware: 9.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 398 398 403 411 411 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 318 Write 401 Mixed 139 SusWrite 405 230% 316 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 2.5 902% 6.87 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 254%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 99,207 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 36.8 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 29.6 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 40.7 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 110%

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

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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 $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 $296Bench 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 $45Bench 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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $618

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16