MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 83%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics102% 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 Drive117% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionWindows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.
Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A40
MotherboardMSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)  (all builds)
Memory8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20180806
Uptime0.8 Days
Run DateMay 17 '22 at 13:13
Run Duration159 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 13%
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 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$155
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86.5% Excellent
Memory 97.1
1-Core 114
2-Core 225
84% 145 Pts
4-Core 410
8-Core 677
66% 543 Pts
64-Core 897
56% 897 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.77
Performing below potential (43rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 124
Reflection 110
Parallax 129
101% 121 fps
MRender 180
Gravity 122
Splatting 103
107% 135 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 102%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$145
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVQ02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 462 470 477 480 478 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
117% Outstanding
Read 506
Write 475
Mixed 428
SusWrite 469
106% 469 MB/s
4K Read 36.8
4K Write 88.5
4K Mixed 49.9
167% 58.4 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 358
DQ Mixed 366
276% 370 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 117%
Great: 128%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113
46GB free
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 419 421 419 420 427 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 490
Write 205
Mixed 210
SusWrite 418
74% 331 MB/s
4K Read 32.7
4K Write 80.3
4K Mixed 42
146% 51.7 MB/s
DQ Read 312
DQ Write 285
DQ Mixed 263
207% 287 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 104%
Great: 116%
WD WD10JPLX-00MBPT0 1TB
153GB free
Firmware: 01.01H01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 116 117 118 118 115 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
70.1% Very good
Read 128
Write 106
Mixed 27.9
SusWrite 116
68% 94.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 70.1%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
102% Outstanding
MC Read 40.6
MC Write 36.5
MC Mixed 33
105% 36.7 GB/s
SC Read 25.9
SC Write 32.3
SC Mixed 23.9
78% 27.4 GB/s
Latency 49.9
80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 102%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) Builds (Compare 1,509 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) - $120

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $638
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