MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 54%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics68.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive32.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.
Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A38
MotherboardMSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)  (all builds)
Memory8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190306
Uptime41.9 Days
Run DateJul 19 '22 at 03:47
Run Duration175 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 71%
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 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G-$135
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
71.8% Very good
Memory 80.5
1-Core 95.6
2-Core 196
71% 124 Pts
4-Core 344
8-Core 474
52% 409 Pts
64-Core 477
30% 477 Pts
Poor: 52%
This bench: 71.8%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.79
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
68.9% Good
Lighting 99.5
Reflection 80.6
Parallax 97.7
81% 92.6 fps
MRender 97.1
Gravity 91.7
Splatting 0.7
45% 63.2 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 68.9%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SA400M8120G 120GB
14GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK61E1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 90 18 22 36 41 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
32.6% Below average
Read 362
Write 69.7
Mixed 66.1
SusWrite 40.4
29% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 11.6
4K Mixed 14.2
25% 8.7 MB/s
DQ Read 125
DQ Write 183
DQ Mixed 154
116% 154 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 32.6%
Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$83
2TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 156 160 153 149 126 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
84.6% Excellent
Read 144
Write 149
Mixed 54.8
SusWrite 151
91% 125 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.5
102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 84.6%
Great: 85%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
82.3% Excellent
MC Read 32.5
MC Write 29.5
MC Mixed 27.9
86% 30 GB/s
SC Read 19.9
SC Write 28.3
SC Mixed 21.1
66% 23.1 GB/s
Latency 79.7
50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 82.3%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 706 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $550
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