MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	280% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '21 at 02:56
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$86 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 81.4 1-Core 149 2-Core 297 94% 176 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 895 90% 729 Pts	64-Core 1,097 68% 1,097 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3681) CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.5% Very good	Lighting 92.8 Reflection 106 Parallax 147 76% 115 fps	MRender 88.9 Gravity 105 Splatting 76.2 72% 90 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team TM8FP6001T 1TB 17,821 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 921GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1218A3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1559 1579 1607 1618 1616 1617 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2017 Write 1,617 Mixed 1,148 SusWrite 1,599 358% 1,595 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 28.5 214% 89.9 MB/s	DQ Read 820 DQ Write 998 DQ Mixed 517 499% 778 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 280%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 32GB 3,459 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 29GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 56 25 24 19 17 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 117 Write 55.5 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 32.9 80% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 3.6 264% 4.17 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 48%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB 2,279 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 24GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 56 25 25 19 18 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 124 Write 57.6 Mixed 54.9 SusWrite 33.5 79% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 3.2 258% 4.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 38%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 32GB 3,459 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 24GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 55 24 25 18 17 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 119 Write 57.9 Mixed 57.1 SusWrite 33 79% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 3.8 276% 4.4 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$36 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 36.8 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 27 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 37.4 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 103%

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Typical B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) Builds (Compare 1,520 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 $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	211x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $190Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	117x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $273Bench 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
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	129x
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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $668

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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