MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.6% 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	271% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 23 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191112
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 01 '22 at 00:46
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 80.7 1-Core 148 2-Core 294 94% 174 Pts	4-Core 577 8-Core 1,062 98% 819 Pts	64-Core 2,219 137% 2,219 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C757) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.6% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 163 Parallax 110 96% 130 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 113 Splatting 106 106% 133 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPEKNW010T9 1TB 20,963 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 735GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001C SusWrite @10s intervals: 1539 1496 1491 1570 1044 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 1650 Write 1,686 Mixed 1,214 SusWrite 1,210 324% 1440 MB/s	4K Read 63.8 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 85.2 292% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 862 DQ Write 960 DQ Mixed 610 543% 811 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 295%
Jmicron Generic 2TB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 780GB free Firmware: 0209 SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 347 345 361 360 362 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 357 Write 362 Mixed 352 SusWrite 355 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 39.5 4K Mixed 39.1 131% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 239 176% 230 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 86%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 64GB 8,040 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 40GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 13 13 13 13 14 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 27.6 Write 22.1 Mixed 16 SusWrite 14.2 26% 20 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 3.8 277% 4.43 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 19%
160 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 15GB free, PID 5561 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 5.3 5.8 5.5 5.6 5.1 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Read 22.2 Write 6.7 Mixed 13.9 SusWrite 5.3 14% 12 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 109% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GB 8,888 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 42.3 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 37.6 112% 39.1 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 34.6 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 103%

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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 $88Bench 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 $40Bench 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: $612

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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