MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 111% UFO	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 110%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	58% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	238% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '21 at 18:24
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X-$180 128,080 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 172 2-Core 339 109% 202 Pts	4-Core 668 8-Core 1,178 111% 923 Pts	64-Core 1,647 102% 1,647 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	58% Above average	Lighting 72.1 Reflection 75.2 Parallax 68.5 59% 71.9 fps	MRender 67.4 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 67.6 56% 69.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 60%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 2TB 3,733 User benchmarks, average bench 351% 477GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 804 595 724 709 687 795 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 1,631 Write 2,581 Mixed 1,634 SusWrite 719 371% 1,641 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 58.5 233% 92.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,342 DQ Write 1,262 DQ Mixed 1,335 993% 1,313 MB/s
Poor: 156% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 578%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D32AESE.M16FE 2x16GB 4,242 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 51.1 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 45.7 118% 41.3 GB/s	SC Read 35.8 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 47.5 105% 36.9 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 129%

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Typical B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) Builds (Compare 1,517 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $85Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	294x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	117x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	41x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $609

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16