MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% 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.
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

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '21 at 20:40
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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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-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 76.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 224 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 728 72% 589 Pts	64-Core 913 56% 913 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 134 Parallax 128 102% 129 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 133 Splatting 115 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Flare 60GB 647 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM91.2 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 489 Write 351 Mixed 351 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 36.7 144% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 194 172% 256 MB/s
Poor: 40% Great: 86%
Dierya 1TB 1TB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 810GB free Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 462 438 424 425 428 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 448 Mixed 399 SusWrite 436 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 51.6 169% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 122 159% 285 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL17-17-17 D4-2400 2x8GB 4,641 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 34 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 29.1 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 25.2 76% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 86.9 46% 86.9 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 88%

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Gaming 79%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

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Workstation 74%

Battleship

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	292x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	116x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	74x
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 Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	41x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $646

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16