MSI B450M GAMING PLUS (MS-7B87)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B87
Motherboard	MSI B450M GAMING PLUS (MS-7B87) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190923
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '20 at 04:51
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 74.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 225 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 741 71% 585 Pts	64-Core 1231 76% 1231 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3790) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 87.2 213% 87.2 fps
Poor: 62% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD SSC-D0256SC-2100 256GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 23 7.4 2.2 17 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	6.78% Terrible	Read 6.3 Write 2.5 Mixed 11.2 SusWrite 17 7% 9.25 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.78% Great: 43%
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 750GB-$77 8,773 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 699GB free Firmware: JF4OA100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 112 113 116 113 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 117 Write 120 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 114 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.6% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 24 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 19.6 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 90.9 44% 90.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 104%

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B450M GAMING PLUS (MS-7B87) - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	482x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	245x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	184x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	169x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	103x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	82x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	59x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	47x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	37x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	126x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	118x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	74x

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Total price: $443

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16