MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180620
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '19 at 07:33
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 680 66% 542 Pts	64-Core 920 57% 920 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2340 MHz, MLim: 3825 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.8% Above average	Lighting 25.5 Reflection 156 Parallax 3.22 21% 61.5 fps	MRender 199 Gravity 160 Splatting 121 127% 160 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 53 105 57 106 41 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 463 Write 147 Mixed 344 SusWrite 103 58% 264 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 39 153% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 202 175% 257 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 100%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 928GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 132 129 134 135 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 119 Write 134 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 132 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 200% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 16GB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 33.3 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 24.7 SC Write 35.5 SC Mixed 28.5 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 97%

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 40%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	323x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	84x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	54x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	170x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	77x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	30x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $35Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	93x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
SU650 240GBAdata $70Bench 70%, 47,016 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	38x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GBAdataBench 42%, 10,940 samples	27x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $352

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16