MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.4% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210419
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '21 at 06:41
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G-$98 93,718 User benchmarks, average bench 68% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 173 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 677 62% 517 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Asus(1043 86BB) CLim: 2310 MHz, MLim: 2250 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Lighting 95.7 Reflection 142 Parallax 86.3 78% 108 fps	MRender 76.2 Gravity 84.3 Splatting 77.4 65% 79.3 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SNAT-256G-1006 256GB 2,836 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2311006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 299 310 313 317 312 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 463 Write 199 Mixed 220 SusWrite 285 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 14.7 107% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 83.2 96% 161 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 926GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 185 183 182 182 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 90.3 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 174 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3000 2x8GB 40,300 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 33.8 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 26.5 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 100%

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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	10	8	60	21.5"	1280 720	ACR06F8 QG221Q

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Gaming 79%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 74%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	293x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	128x
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: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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