MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	252% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '19 at 02:20
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 76.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 234 78% 142 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 740 74% 601 Pts	64-Core 932 58% 932 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% EVGA(3842 1167) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.28 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Lighting 98.4 Reflection 87.6 Parallax 83.5 80% 89.8 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 79.6 Splatting 75.5 62% 75.2 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$71 2,245 User benchmarks, average bench 255% 390GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1106C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 669 635 640 674 787 702 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2,560 Write 1,815 Mixed 1,382 SusWrite 684 358% 1,611 MB/s	4K Read 58.6 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 78.1 259% 89.9 MB/s	DQ Read 561 DQ Write 633 DQ Mixed 394 353% 529 MB/s
Poor: 155% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 339%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 355GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 468 464 449 410 409 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 470 Mixed 448 SusWrite 440 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 53.1 172% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 297 237% 330 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 125%
ASMT 2115 1TB 4,577 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 861GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 178 177 177 178 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 181 Write 172 Mixed 97 SusWrite 177 209% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 138% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 167%
ioSafe G3 4TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3.5TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 183 185 185 183 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 174 Write 143 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 183 190% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 108% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.2% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 25.3 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.7 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 86.7 46% 86.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 114%

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Typical B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) Builds (Compare 1,516 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 79%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 74%

Battleship

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	294x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	117x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $291Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	75x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	71x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	69x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	40x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	38x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	128x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	41x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $608

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16