MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (96%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 months ago, 1 month ago, 8 days ago, 8 days ago, 8 days ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '21 at 22:58
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	96%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 3200G-$167 72,662 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Memory 65 1-Core 54.5 2-Core 154 52% 91 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 376 47% 353 Pts	64-Core 383 26% 383 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 40,594 User benchmarks, average bench 25% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 945 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.3.1 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	24.6% Poor	Lighting 30.9 Reflection 34.6 Parallax 40.7 25% 35.4 fps	MRender 29.1 Gravity 30 Splatting 23.6 24% 27.6 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 26%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8250G 250GB 22,096 User benchmarks, average bench 182% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 167 160 195 240 180 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 299 Write 79.5 Mixed 324 SusWrite 199 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 36.6 139% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 524 DQ Write 36.9 DQ Mixed 88.5 113% 217 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 234%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 22,254 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 24.1 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 14.3 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 92%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 88%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) - $119

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $234Bench 84%, 753,232 samples	1,533x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $185Bench 76%, 620,722 samples	892x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $305Bench 87%, 532,317 samples	500x

GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 105%, 313,119 samples	399x
RX 580AMD $220Bench 55%, 635,960 samples	367x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 210,702 samples	345x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $80Bench 271%, 331,062 samples	206x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $105Bench 230%, 113,223 samples	195x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $66Bench 107%, 556,834 samples	166x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 86%, 449,592 samples	597x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $73Bench 82%, 440,698 samples	391x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $77Bench 85%, 217,586 samples	192x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $180	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-11600K $265	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10600K $215	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16