MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% 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 Drive	76.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '19 at 01:16
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$88 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 80.3 1-Core 145 2-Core 290 92% 172 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 874 87% 708 Pts	64-Core 1,088 67% 1,088 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Gigabyte(1458 2313) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 114 Parallax 278 119% 179 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 140 Splatting 147 111% 133 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$60 162,275 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 286GB free Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 927 939 471 109 10 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,382 Write 941 Mixed 881 SusWrite 434 202% 910 MB/s	4K Read 58.7 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 77.3 277% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 875 DQ Mixed 210 266% 452 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 209%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 327GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 5.5 5 4.9 5.3 6 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 509 Write 446 Mixed 414 SusWrite 64.6 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 27.8 135% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 34.2 90% 185 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 92%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 594GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 106 99 108 98 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 17 Write 5.2 Mixed 46 SusWrite 102 32% 42.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.9 433% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 70%
Imation M100 USB 3 750GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 539GB free, PID 1905 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 95 96 96 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 94 Write 81.5 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 95.3 101% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP24D4U7S8MH-8 TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 16GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 33 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 33.8 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 80 50% 80 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 106%

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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 $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	294x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	117x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 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 $40Bench 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: $612

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	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 i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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