MSI B450I GAMING PLUS MAX WIFI (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	253% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS MAX WIFI (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201127
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '21 at 01:42
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 741 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 965 60% 965 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 3500) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 174 Parallax 186 137% 176 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 150 Splatting 130 123% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 355GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 809 654 657 645 644 616 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,522 Write 2309 Mixed 1,636 SusWrite 671 398% 1,785 MB/s	4K Read 58.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 75.2 248% 83.9 MB/s	DQ Read 923 DQ Write 604 DQ Mixed 827 600% 785 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 340%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 745GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 121 119 119 123 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 83.7 Write 136 Mixed 97.6 SusWrite 121 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.8 198% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 43.6 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 34.8 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 27.9 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 29.6 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%

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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 82%

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Motherboard: MSI B450I GAMING PLUS MAX WIFI (MS-7A40)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	55x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	33x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	24x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	28x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	24x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	17x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	19x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD $68Bench 204%, 97,624 samples	15x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	10x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	28x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	12x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	9x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16