MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.9% 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	179% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181101
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '24 at 19:25
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 75 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 79% 144 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 761 76% 616 Pts	64-Core 938 58% 938 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.52 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 127 Parallax 117 88% 117 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 125 Splatting 110 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2019)-$44 14,978 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 657 437 439 438 439 436 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,796 Write 1,524 Mixed 1362 SusWrite 474 288% 1,289 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 51.8 174% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 692 DQ Write 404 DQ Mixed 593 430% 563 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 238%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 223GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 161 175 172 170 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 290 Write 265 Mixed 278 SusWrite 175 57% 252 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 36.4 128% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 203 156% 209 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 85%
Samsung MZ7LN256HAJQ-000 256GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 67GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 325 314 314 313 314 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 360 Write 368 Mixed 334 SusWrite 319 78% 345 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 31.2 4K Mixed 25.6 81% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 147 108% 143 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 120%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 104GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 51 52 51 52 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 54.5 Write 45.4 Mixed 35 SusWrite 51.6 34% 46.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.4% Very good	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 26.4 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 23.9 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 90.8 44% 90.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 102%

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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	23	2	165	27"	2560 1377	AUS2722 VG27A

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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	180x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	88x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	67x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $291Bench 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	27x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	22x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	41x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	21x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16