MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 141%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 133%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics157% 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 Drive335% 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A40
MotherboardMSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)  (all builds)
Memory10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20210203
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 02 '22 at 20:45
Run Duration241 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$82
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
89.3% Excellent
Memory 82.7
1-Core 142
2-Core 278
91% 167 Pts
4-Core 515
8-Core 850
83% 683 Pts
64-Core 1,104
68% 1,104 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 89.3%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$600
CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.95
Performing below potential (39th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
157% Outstanding
Lighting 230
Reflection 206
Parallax 205
187% 214 fps
MRender 250
Gravity 157
Splatting 127
139% 178 fps
Poor: 139%
This bench: 157%
Great: 170%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158
320GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1817 1642 1517 1091 1014 797 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
335% Outstanding
Read 2,620
Write 2475
Mixed 1,843
SusWrite 1,313
462% 2,063 MB/s
4K Read 64.7
4K Write 182
4K Mixed 95.8
317% 114 MB/s
DQ Read 1,273
DQ Write 1,018
DQ Mixed 1,109
840% 1,133 MB/s
Poor: 214%
This bench: 335%
Great: 372%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92
52GB free
Firmware: 010G
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 108 107 108 108 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
65.2% Good
Read 479
Write 106
Mixed 155
SusWrite 108
46% 212 MB/s
4K Read 28
4K Write 82.8
4K Mixed 16.4
107% 42.4 MB/s
DQ Read 273
DQ Write 106
DQ Mixed 29.3
64% 136 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 65.2%
Great: 65%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
247GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 493 494 494 495 495 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
131% Outstanding
Read 504
Write 491
Mixed 404
SusWrite 494
107% 473 MB/s
4K Read 45.2
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 59.1
205% 73 MB/s
DQ Read 388
DQ Write 364
DQ Mixed 372
280% 375 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 131%
Great: 134%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
88.4% Excellent
MC Read 36.2
MC Write 23.8
MC Mixed 34.9
90% 31.6 GB/s
SC Read 25.8
SC Write 23.3
SC Mixed 34
79% 27.7 GB/s
Latency 75.8
53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 88.4%
Great: 110%

 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 1,506 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: $640
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HDDRAMUSB
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