MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	51.9% 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	85.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '21 at 03:42
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 50,446 User benchmarks, average bench 75% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 66 1-Core 123 2-Core 205 73% 131 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 600 59% 481 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1565 MHz, MLim: 1853 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Lighting 62.7 Reflection 76.4 Parallax 67.5 51% 68.9 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 65.8 Splatting 59.4 54% 66.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 225 203 209 102 123 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 465 Write 363 Mixed 254 SusWrite 184 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 39.4 136% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 189 171% 264 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 107%
WD Elements 25A1 4TB 8,402 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 100 100 99 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 91.7 Write 105 Mixed 68 SusWrite 99.6 125% 91 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 0.6 279% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 2x8GB 16,539 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 30.1 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 24.9 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 91%

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Typical B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) Builds (Compare 1,518 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 79%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 74%

Battleship

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	294x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	117x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 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 $149Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	40x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $88Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	38x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $683

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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