MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180806
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '21 at 12:12
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 80.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 236 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 710 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 890 55% 890 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4009) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 111 Parallax 125 100% 120 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 111 Splatting 103 103% 130 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 82 7.8 50 57 65 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 490 Write 420 Mixed 25.9 SusWrite 111 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 15.2 4K Mixed 15.5 66% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 0.5 80% 189 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 100%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 42GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 374 370 368 376 366 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 465 Mixed 419 SusWrite 377 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 54.3 181% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 368 277% 370 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 128%
Seagate IronWolf 1TB (2016)-$57 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 264GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 104 109 107 105 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 167 Write 163 Mixed 77 SusWrite 106 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 52,667 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (85^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 32.7 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 27 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 29.1 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 103%

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 40%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	322x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	84x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	54x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	170x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	77x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	30x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $51Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	93x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
SU650 240GBAdata $70Bench 70%, 47,016 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	37x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GBAdataBench 42%, 10,940 samples	27x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $379

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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