MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	68.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	12.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '24 at 05:06
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 77.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 79% 143 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 682 69% 560 Pts	64-Core 891 55% 891 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 2,708 User benchmarks, average bench 75% MSI(1462 8D9D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.4% Good	Lighting 87.9 Reflection 87.8 Parallax 103 72% 92.9 fps	MRender 86.3 Gravity 76.6 Splatting 67.9 62% 76.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 77%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 233GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 109 78 119 134 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 159 Write 146 Mixed 87.7 SusWrite 109 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 109%
ST1000LM 014-1EJ164 1TB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 930GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 39 40 40 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 349 Write 5 Mixed 32.4 SusWrite 39.2 88% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 150% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$50 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.3% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 26.4 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 22.6 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 86.9 46% 86.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 120%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 6: 0P 0R 2G 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
6%	4%	46	214	58	60	34.1"	1280 720	GSM7714 LG HDR WFHD

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Gaming 79%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 74%

Battleship

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	294x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $206Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	117x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $291Bench 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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	128x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	41x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $608

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $209	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	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