MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '20 at 07:09
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 82.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 864 83% 682 Pts	64-Core 1,300 80% 1,300 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$238 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	74% Very good	Lighting 92.7 Reflection 90.4 Parallax 84.2 76% 89.1 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 81.3 Splatting 72.6 71% 89 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 435 447 451 438 449 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 448 Mixed 422 SusWrite 441 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 48.5 157% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 256 198% 269 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 123%
ROG ESD-S1C 500GB 261 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 264GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 362 371 374 341 340 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 345 Write 358 Mixed 354 SusWrite 357 80% 353 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 37.7 4K Mixed 27.8 92% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 96.9 DQ Mixed 101 75% 100 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 93%
3 51 2GB SSD 17 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 46GB free Firmware: 8101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 309 93 61 60 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 380 Write 342 Mixed 325 SusWrite 153 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 36.6 4K Mixed 19.7 73% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 44.3 49% 82.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 76%
Toshiba HDWL110 1TB 7,333 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 914GB free Firmware: JU000A SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 126 131 125 127 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 143 Write 134 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 128 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 6.7 4K Mixed 0.4 223% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 79%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 312GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 93 93 93 93 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 74 Write 99.8 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 92.9 62% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G30C15U4BL.M8FE1 2x8GB 973 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 39.8 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 33.2 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 29.1 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95.5% 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%

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Workstation 74%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) - $120

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	294x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	117x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 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: $617

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16