MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.1% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '22 at 18:13
Run Duration	271 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 3600-$82 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 77.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 268 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 827 77% 640 Pts	64-Core 1,121 69% 1,121 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-$464 20,866 User benchmarks, average bench 86% XFX(1EAE 6505) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 84.5 Reflection 133 Parallax 162 69% 127 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 88.3 Splatting 158 118% 144 fps
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 394 398 452 451 384 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 377 Write 271 Mixed 384 SusWrite 412 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 26.2 105% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 141 114% 164 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 123%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 318GB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 428 354 28 28 361 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 352 Write 351 Mixed 414 SusWrite 274 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 19.8 107% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 39.5 95% 194 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 100%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 931GB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 428 426 462 448 437 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	76% Very good	Read 356 Write 264 Mixed 281 SusWrite 441 76% 336 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 18.2 80% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 36.6 85% 171 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 100%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 299GB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 38 26 204 31 48 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 482 Write 264 Mixed 397 SusWrite 96.4 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 25.1 127% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 35.5 84% 169 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 37,374 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 33.4 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 33.1 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 85.5 47% 85.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 107%

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Gaming 79%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

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Workstation 74%

Battleship

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 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: $640

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