MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	250% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '19 at 07:30
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.15 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 1,007 90% 760 Pts	64-Core 1,405 87% 1,405 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% PowerColor(148C 2398) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 106 Parallax 227 108% 155 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 126 Splatting 145 105% 125 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 741 415 408 418 416 413 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,496 Write 2,256 Mixed 1,532 SusWrite 468 376% 1,688 MB/s	4K Read 62.3 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 81.2 269% 92.4 MB/s	DQ Read 980 DQ Write 699 DQ Mixed 909 660% 862 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 302%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 125GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 476 475 476 475 475 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 476 Mixed 449 SusWrite 475 108% 479 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 55.1 183% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 296 244% 350 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 125%
Hitachi HDN724030ALE640 3TB 4,385 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 133 133 134 133 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 129 Write 137 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 132 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 33.9 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 25.7 SC Write 37.9 SC Mixed 30.4 90% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%

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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 $84Bench 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 $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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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