MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


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 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180806
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '19 at 04:34
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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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 7 1700X-$211 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 202 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 790 72% 602 Pts	64-Core 1,142 71% 1,142 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.3 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 117 Parallax 253 99% 164 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 135 Splatting 150 111% 133 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 61GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,408 Write 1,470 Mixed 1,354 384% 1,744 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 67.3 225% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 841 DQ Write 549 DQ Mixed 764 551% 718 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM91.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 408 329 250 281 140 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 59%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 148GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 100 100 101 101 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 110 Write 111 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 100 73% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 217% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 6TB (2017)-$87 14,331 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 5.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 180 178 181 181 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 132 Write 152 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 178 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.9 256% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D30BESBK.8FD 2x8GB 12,876 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 33.4 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 29.3 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%

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

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Gaming 79%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

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 $155Bench 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 $45Bench 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: $646

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 $45	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