MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	154% 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201221
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '21 at 08:09
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X-$152 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 159 2-Core 315 102% 189 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 879 87% 712 Pts	64-Core 1125 70% 1125 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3625 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Lighting 98.1 Reflection 97.2 Parallax 89.7 80% 95 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 86.4 Splatting 78.2 75% 94.3 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 294GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 324 280 293 294 307 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 981 Write 407 Mixed 514 SusWrite 315 122% 554 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 54.5 212% 87.2 MB/s	DQ Read 974 DQ Write 389 DQ Mixed 402 372% 588 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 237%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 279GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 470 470 453 406 405 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 462 Mixed 438 SusWrite 445 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 55.1 186% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 297 245% 350 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 125%
SSK 1TB 287 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 929GB free Firmware: 0209 SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 359 358 358 360 359 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 353 Write 346 Mixed 335 SusWrite 358 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 49.1 160% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 238 174% 226 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 719GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 159 172 174 173 173 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 115 Write 126 Mixed 67.4 SusWrite 170 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 80% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	MC Read 40.3 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 35.5 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 30.8 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 35.6 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 110%

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Gaming 79%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 74%

Battleship

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	292x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	116x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	74x
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 Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	41x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $646

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16