MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.8% 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	86.5% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '21 at 03:16
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 79.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 79% 143 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 711 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 904 56% 904 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.8% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 135 Parallax 123 101% 127 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 130 Splatting 115 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Flare 60GB 647 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM91.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 180 173 178 181 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 477 Write 298 Mixed 331 SusWrite 179 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 37.3 146% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 185 163% 242 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 86%
Dierya 1TB 1TB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 921GB free Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 466 427 436 434 436 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 450 Mixed 406 SusWrite 442 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 50.7 169% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 122 158% 285 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL17-17-17 D4-2400 2x8GB 4,641 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	MC Read 34 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 29.4 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 26.4 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 81.6 49% 81.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 88%

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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 $83Bench 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	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 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
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	41x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16