MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	75.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	266% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 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	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210929
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '22 at 13:26
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 5600X-$110 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 156 2-Core 313 102% 188 Pts	4-Core 618 8-Core 957 97% 787 Pts	64-Core 1,146 71% 1,146 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Lighting 94.6 Reflection 93.6 Parallax 87.4 77% 91.9 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 82.4 Splatting 73.8 72% 90.7 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 785GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1540 829 830 829 833 831 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 1,562 Write 1,720 Mixed 1,424 SusWrite 949 318% 1,414 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 206 4K Mixed 81.6 295% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,370 DQ Write 1,073 DQ Mixed 1,213 910% 1,219 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 276%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 187GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 474 473 472 474 408 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 471 Mixed 442 SusWrite 461 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 55.8 189% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 297 244% 349 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 534GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 154 150 158 160 159 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 113 Write 140 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 155 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 35.8 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 31.1 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 37.6 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 110%

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

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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 $90Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	294x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	117x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	75x
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 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	128x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	41x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $619

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16