MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.9% 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	162% 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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210929
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '21 at 10:43
Run Duration	290 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 2400G-$135 127,344 User benchmarks, average bench 63% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 81.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 234 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 628 65% 526 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 11 (Ryzen iGPU) 44,235 User benchmarks, average bench 15% AMD(1002 15DD) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.12.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Lighting 20.6 Reflection 16.4 Parallax 29.2 17% 22.1 fps	MRender 15.1 Gravity 23.4 Splatting 14.2 14% 17.6 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Viper M.2 VPN100 256GB 1,988 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 576 231 262 205 238 247 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 1,150 Write 1,099 Mixed 1048 SusWrite 293 201% 898 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 64.7 220% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 762 DQ Write 586 DQ Mixed 753 542% 700 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 212%
WD WD5000LPLX-00ZNTT0 500GB 28,774 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 155GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 102 102 103 104 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 100 Write 93.6 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 103 64% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 82%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 151 149 152 153 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 157 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 151 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 101%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 115 114 115 116 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 120 Write 122 Mixed 76.6 SusWrite 115 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 183% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 88%
WD Red 5TB (2014)-$58 1,098 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 155 153 153 154 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 136 Write 143 Mixed 101 SusWrite 154 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 33.3 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 28.1 SC Write 47.5 SC Mixed 30.9 101% 35.5 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 111%

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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 $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