MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics110% 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 Drive38.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A38
MotherboardMSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190722
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 03 '22 at 00:03
Run Duration234 Seconds
Run User CHL-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing as expected (43rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G-$98
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
71.6% Very good
Memory 69.7
1-Core 127
2-Core 251
80% 149 Pts
4-Core 395
8-Core 630
63% 513 Pts
64-Core 603
37% 603 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 71.6%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$301
Sapphire(1DA2 E448) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.5.2
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 116
Reflection 138
Parallax 229
94% 161 fps
MRender 218
Gravity 121
Splatting 196
147% 178 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 110%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29
59GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M6CR013
SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 93 96 55 108 42 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
38.8% Below average
Read 479
Write 432
Mixed 12.5
SusWrite 111
57% 259 MB/s
4K Read 29
4K Write 7.3
4K Mixed 0.4
48% 12.2 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 38.8%
Great: 92%
Kingston SNVS500G 500GB
98GB free
Firmware: S8542105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 711 178 511 176 179 MB/s
Performing below expectations (20th percentile)
156% Outstanding
Read 1,301
Write 1,548
Mixed 1,059
SusWrite 364
240% 1,068 MB/s
4K Read 41
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 28.1
164% 64.7 MB/s
DQ Read 709
DQ Write 830
DQ Mixed 490
447% 676 MB/s
Poor: 108%
This bench: 156%
Great: 244%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45
344GB free
Firmware: MS2OA8R0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 136 151 151 151 151 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
74.6% Very good
Read 115
Write 108
Mixed 48.9
SusWrite 145
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 74.6%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown BLS8G4D30CESTK.8FD BLS8G4D30AESBK.M8FE 16GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
78.4% Very good
MC Read 27.8
MC Write 29.4
MC Mixed 26.6
80% 27.9 GB/s
SC Read 22.6
SC Write 33
SC Mixed 23.5
75% 26.4 GB/s
Latency 102
39% 102 ns
Poor: 78%
This bench: 78.4%
Great: 102%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 706 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $550
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