MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 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.
Graphics	91.1% 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	201% 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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '22 at 22:01
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	55%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3600-$78 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 81.1 1-Core 141 2-Core 282 91% 168 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 828 83% 676 Pts	64-Core 1,094 68% 1,094 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$271 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2062) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.1% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 109 Parallax 112 92% 111 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 102 Splatting 95.2 89% 111 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8250G 250GB 42,173 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 749 926 537 308 283 256 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,195 Write 792 Mixed 727 SusWrite 510 180% 806 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 86.3 267% 96.1 MB/s	DQ Read 803 DQ Write 923 DQ Mixed 305 384% 677 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 236%
Amd-raid Array 2 750GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 491GB free Firmware: 9.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 76 80 79 81 80 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 63.1 Write 80.6 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 79.5 49% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x16GB 46,387 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 37.9 96% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 26.8 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 38.5 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 164%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $78Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	294x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	212x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $190Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	118x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $271Bench 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 $149Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	40x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $88Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	38x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	41x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $658

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