MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (7th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 93 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.5% 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	180% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 months ago, 5 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	11.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '23 at 00:46
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	73%

PC Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$255 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 68.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 79% 146 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 804 76% 630 Pts	64-Core 1,390 86% 1,390 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$280 381,434 User benchmarks, average bench 101% PNY(196E 138F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.5% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 106 Parallax 110 96% 111 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 94.8 Splatting 81.7 81% 101 fps
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 107%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Ultra 3D NVMe 1TB 13,576 User benchmarks, average bench 232% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1010 801 628 250 220 227 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 1,234 Write 1,409 Mixed 1,145 SusWrite 523 242% 1,078 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 51.7 180% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 1,157 DQ Write 762 DQ Mixed 956 714% 958 MB/s
Poor: 161% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 280%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3600 2x8GB 18,355 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	64.6% Good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 26.9 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 18.7 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 19: 1R 3G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
19%	24%	37	213	59	144	31.5"	1280 720	ACR0000 ED320QR S

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Gaming 79%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

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Workstation 74%

Battleship

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $89Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	256x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $165Bench 73%, 446,215 samples	183x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $255Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	100x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $225Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	63x
RX 580AMD $185Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	61x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $300Bench 128%, 416,603 samples	61x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $59Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	36x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $50Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	33x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $59Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	33x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	109x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	87x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	37x

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Value: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $538

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $300	Nvidia RTX 3060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12600K $225	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $300	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $86
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $780	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $67	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16