MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190722
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '19 at 15:45
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^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 2600X-$189 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 72 1-Core 121 2-Core 237 78% 143 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 675 70% 564 Pts	64-Core 891 55% 891 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.9% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 130 Parallax 118 96% 122 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 123 Splatting 100 86% 106 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 1TB 39,874 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 731GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 408 424 420 428 430 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 427 Mixed 366 SusWrite 419 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 43.2 143% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 40.1 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 52.8 46% 65.4 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 2GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 463 Write 400 Mixed 320 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 47.9 162% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 37.2 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 53.1 47% 68.2 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 69 88 94 127 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 106 Write 114 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 92.8 72% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$110 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.6% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 21.6 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 20.3 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 96.8 41% 96.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 105%

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

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Typical B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 710 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	180x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	88x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	67x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	63x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	50x
GTX 1660-TiNvidia $143Bench 76%, 318,562 samples	47x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	22x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	41x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	21x

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Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16