MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	51% 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	217% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '20 at 02:52
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 96.2 2-Core 195 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 295 8-Core 748 59% 521 Pts	64-Core 1,337 83% 1,337 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% PowerColor(148C 2379) CLim: 1250 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.8.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	51% Above average	Lighting 64.7 Reflection 64.8 Parallax 86.8 53% 72.1 fps	MRender 61 Gravity 61.4 Splatting 53.9 48% 58.8 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB 40,637 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 815GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1495 995 1016 1014 1009 1004 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1337 Write 2316 Mixed 1,648 SusWrite 1089 362% 1,597 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 54.7 185% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,047 DQ Write 755 DQ Mixed 760 606% 854 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 284%
Crucial M500 960GB-$59 4,389 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 107GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 390 390 391 390 384 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 399 Write 396 Mixed 314 SusWrite 389 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 30.8 110% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 188 178% 276 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 138 140 140 139 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 121 Write 96 Mixed 28.7 SusWrite 136 69% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.6 198% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x16GB 46,387 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 35.8 108% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 27 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 27.7 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 164%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 74%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	292x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	116x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	74x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	71x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	68x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	40x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $74Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	38x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	40x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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