MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	218% 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 (14%). 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 V2 (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191111
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '19 at 09:16
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th 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-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 81 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 698 68% 561 Pts	64-Core 926 57% 926 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1713 MHz, MLim: 1802 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.20 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	16.7% Very poor	Lighting 4.83 Reflection 82.4 Parallax 72.9 4% 53.4 fps	MRender 0.1 Gravity 76.2 Splatting 65.6 41% 47.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 54%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 428GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 888 919 929 921 928 929 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1452 Write 931 Mixed 906 SusWrite 919 235% 1,052 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 71.9 251% 88.8 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 808 DQ Mixed 224 272% 461 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 242%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 29.5 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 26 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	179x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 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 $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	22x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	61x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	41x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	21x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $521

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16