MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	16.8% 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	64.1% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '21 at 21:22
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 73.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 190 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 730 62% 533 Pts	64-Core 1,361 84% 1,361 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 874 User benchmarks, average bench 17% AMD(1002 0B0D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1295 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Lighting 19 Reflection 29.3 Parallax 27.3 16% 25.2 fps	MRender 26.7 Gravity 20.6 Splatting 24 19% 23.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 250GB-$89 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 202 177 184 192 196 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 394 Write 305 Mixed 183 SusWrite 195 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 35.3 4K Mixed 27.7 80% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 236 179% 241 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 100%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 465GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 124 125 126 126 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 120 Write 116 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 125 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 44.5 MC Write 41.4 MC Mixed 33.2 113% 39.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.7 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 27.2 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 94.3 42% 94.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	144	23.8"	1280 720	ACR0852 XF243Y P

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Gaming 79%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 74%

Battleship

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	292x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 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	68x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	40x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $74Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	40x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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