MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	116% 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	50.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '21 at 00:58
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^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 2500X 2,214 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 192 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 459 48% 387 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Nvidia(10DE 13AA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 142 Parallax 160 124% 151 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 130 Splatting 114 113% 142 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBUSNS8154P3128GJ 128GB 18,233 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.C SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 137 111 115 104 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 456 Write 225 Mixed 166 SusWrite 112 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 30.2 4K Mixed 16.9 66% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 59.6 DQ Mixed 127 90% 117 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 115%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 280GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 97 97 97 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 166 Write 149 Mixed 104 SusWrite 96.2 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 109%
Asmt USB 3.0 Destop H 8TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 7TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 20 19 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 36.8 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 19.3 24% 32.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.9 242% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 96%
Asmt USB 3.0 Destop H 2TB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 159GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 19 20 20 19 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 40 Write 36 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 19.4 24% 32.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D30BESBK.8FD 2x8GB 12,876 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 31.6 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 21 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 107%

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Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 64%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	179x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	88x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	67x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 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	26x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	22x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	61x
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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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $550

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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