MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics102% 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 Drive250% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A38
MotherboardMSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)  (all builds)
Memory13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180806
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 17 '21 at 22:13
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%
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 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
85.1% Excellent
Memory 78
1-Core 131
2-Core 252
84% 154 Pts
4-Core 493
8-Core 968
86% 731 Pts
64-Core 1,319
82% 1,319 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 85.1%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing below potential (43rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 124
Reflection 111
Parallax 126
101% 120 fps
MRender 175
Gravity 122
Splatting 102
105% 133 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 102%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GB
435GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 111110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1045 988 981 985 989 986 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
250% Outstanding
Read 2027
Write 2,038
Mixed 1,722
SusWrite 996
381% 1,696 MB/s
4K Read 48.7
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 67.2
227% 81.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,030
DQ Write 670
DQ Mixed 916
666% 872 MB/s
Poor: 182%
This bench: 250%
Great: 296%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
543GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 122 124 124 125 123 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
74.9% Very good
Read 137
Write 104
Mixed 69.2
SusWrite 124
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
MC Read 34.4
MC Write 33
MC Mixed 28.5
91% 32 GB/s
SC Read 23.8
SC Write 32.1
SC Mixed 26.4
78% 27.4 GB/s
Latency 84.3
48% 84.3 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 745 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 40%
Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $378
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