MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.4% 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	247% 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

23 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210929
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '22 at 18:07
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$119 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 267 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 797 75% 623 Pts	64-Core 944 58% 944 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3625 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 517.48 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Lighting 98.3 Reflection 98 Parallax 91.1 80% 95.8 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 86 Splatting 76.9 75% 94.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.4% 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% 742GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1469 816 818 819 820 817 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 1,575 Write 1,713 Mixed 1,396 SusWrite 926 316% 1,402 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 77.2 272% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,145 DQ Write 808 DQ Mixed 1,009 745% 987 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 276%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$45 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 194GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 467 466 468 468 467 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 462 Mixed 450 SusWrite 466 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 57 185% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 300 246% 350 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 125%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 170 166 170 169 166 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 149 Write 154 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 167 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 40.7 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 36.4 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 29.4 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 36.6 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 110%

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

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Typical B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) Builds (Compare 1,512 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 79%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 74%

Battleship

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	294x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	117x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	41x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16