MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	261% 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-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '21 at 17:13
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X-$395 197,342 User benchmarks, average bench 88% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 4.15 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 80.9 1-Core 148 2-Core 296 94% 175 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 1,178 104% 885 Pts	64-Core 2,233 138% 2,233 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3792) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Lighting 98.6 Reflection 93 Parallax 81.3 80% 91 fps	MRender 67.4 Gravity 82.4 Splatting 73.7 61% 74.5 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 631 307 315 311 313 315 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,527 Write 1,467 Mixed 1,046 SusWrite 365 298% 1,351 MB/s	4K Read 67.7 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 89.6 309% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 873 DQ Write 1,029 DQ Mixed 881 683% 928 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 280%
Adata SX850 128GB 406 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 49GB free Firmware: Q0518BS SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 291 250 402 155 47 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 419 Mixed 397 SusWrite 259 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 47.1 168% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 155 143% 212 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D30BESBK.8FD 2x8GB 12,876 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 43.9 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 34.9 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 33.6 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 78.9 51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 106% 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	30	84.6"	1280 701	SAM0F09 SAMSUNG

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	179x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	88x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	67x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	63x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	50x
GTX 1660-TiNvidia $143Bench 76%, 318,562 samples	47x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	26x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	22x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	61x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	41x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	21x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $521

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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