MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 21%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics13.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive210% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A40
MotherboardMSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)  (all builds)
Memory27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200611
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 30 '20 at 02:03
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User PHL-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE Vega Graphics
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
81% Excellent
Memory 82.5
1-Core 118
2-Core 220
79% 140 Pts
4-Core 431
8-Core 602
65% 517 Pts
64-Core 631
39% 631 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 81%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics
MSI(1462 7A40) 2GB
Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.20
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
13.4% Very poor
Lighting 16.4
Reflection 16.9
Parallax 28.5
13% 20.6 fps
MRender 14.7
Gravity 20.5
Splatting 14.9
14% 16.7 fps
Poor: 12%
This bench: 13.4%
Great: 18%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68
96GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 815 435 435 435 436 436 MB/s
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
210% Outstanding
Read 1,577
Write 1,626
Mixed 1222
SusWrite 498
276% 1,231 MB/s
4K Read 48.3
4K Write 160
4K Mixed 67.8
245% 92.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,062
DQ Write 805
DQ Mixed 960
711% 942 MB/s
Poor: 152%
This bench: 210%
Great: 237%
JMicron Generic DISK00 129,986.5TB
394GB free, PID 0567
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 33 33 33 33 32 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
20.6% Poor
Read 36.3
Write 30.7
Mixed 26
SusWrite 32.5
42% 31.4 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.9
123% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 20.6%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
96.5% Outstanding
MC Read 35
MC Write 37.6
MC Mixed 31.5
99% 34.7 GB/s
SC Read 24.8
SC Write 38
SC Mixed 27.6
86% 30.1 GB/s
Latency 75.9
53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 96.5%
Great: 105%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) Builds (Compare 1,510 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $641
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