MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	113% 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	323% 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

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210203
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '21 at 19:33
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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)	101% Outstanding	Memory 89.8 1-Core 156 2-Core 309 100% 185 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 1109 102% 853 Pts	64-Core 1,478 92% 1,478 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 101% 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 (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 156 Parallax 144 119% 149 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 152 Splatting 132 111% 136 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$80 58,572 User benchmarks, average bench 341% 365GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1217 1056 1047 1048 1053 1052 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	323% Outstanding	Read 2,274 Write 1976 Mixed 1,463 SusWrite 1,079 380% 1,698 MB/s	4K Read 79.3 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 108 354% 122 MB/s	DQ Read 1,353 DQ Write 1,134 DQ Mixed 1131 878% 1,206 MB/s
Poor: 206% ↑ This bench: 323% Great: 442%
Amd-raid Array 1 16TB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 9.5TB free Firmware: 9.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 401 415 413 414 413 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 338 Write 345 Mixed 150 SusWrite 412 227% 311 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 4.2 1,158% 7.63 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 216% 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)	93.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 36.9 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 29.2 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 41.1 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.9% 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 $324Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	41x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $641

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16