MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 132% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	152% 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	211% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '21 at 02:31
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 209 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 891 75% 647 Pts	64-Core 1,422 88% 1,422 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 404E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	152% Outstanding	Lighting 225 Reflection 206 Parallax 198 183% 210 fps	MRender 198 Gravity 154 Splatting 136 130% 162 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Reletech P400 SSD 512GB 309 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM32.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1032 509 562 563 565 565 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,469 Write 2,265 Mixed 1,597 SusWrite 633 337% 1,491 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 68.4 230% 84.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,062 DQ Write 805 DQ Mixed 961 711% 943 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 255%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 129 125 127 128 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 128 Write 138 Mixed 93.2 SusWrite 126 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 84%
hp v223w 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID bf07 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 7.3 8.1 7 8 8.3 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	7.52% Terrible	Read 28.7 Write 3.7 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 7.5 12% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 27% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.52% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$65 38,251 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 45 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 33.9 110% 38.5 GB/s	SC Read 28.4 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 27.4 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 122%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	294x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $75Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	117x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	128x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	41x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $618

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	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