MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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 Drive	301% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20190619
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '23 at 21:59
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (47^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-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 81.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 882 81% 680 Pts	64-Core 1,258 78% 1,258 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 397D) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 536.99 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 121 Parallax 126 109% 127 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 103 Splatting 89.7 89% 112 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$92 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 604GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1391 1890 2118 2172 2176 423 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	301% Outstanding	Read 1,687 Write 2,257 Mixed 1,842 SusWrite 1,695 423% 1,870 MB/s	4K Read 57 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 79 264% 93.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,158 DQ Write 989 DQ Mixed 1,068 802% 1,072 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 301% Great: 365%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 2,298 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 220GB free, PID 50a1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 35.3 Write 37.5 Mixed 19.1 SusWrite 20.7 37% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.5 31% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 49%
Initio INIC-1610P 2TB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 216GB free, PID 1e40 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 22 22 22 22 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 32.9 Write 37.2 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 21.4 40% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.1 76% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D30AESBK.M8FE 4x8GB 1,618 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 35.6 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 24.6 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 34.9 78% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 114%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	60	60	21.5"	1280 720	ACR058E Acer KG221Q

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 64%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	179x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	88x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	67x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	63x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	50x
GTX 1660-TiNvidia $143Bench 76%, 318,562 samples	47x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	26x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	22x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	41x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	21x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $550

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16