MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.9% 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	216% 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.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '19 at 13:30
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 796 78% 638 Pts	64-Core 978 60% 978 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.9% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 132 Parallax 114 99% 123 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 122 Splatting 103 87% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SX6000LNP 512GB 11,097 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 271GB free (System drive) Firmware: V9001c00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1131 1147 1142 1168 968 40 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,795 Write 1,136 Mixed 920 SusWrite 933 266% 1,196 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 56.6 210% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 782 DQ Mixed 384 330% 466 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 259%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$83 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 171 182 185 186 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 124 Write 159 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 180 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 85%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 990GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 107 112 106 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 85.5 Write 105 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 108 72% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.6 182% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 67%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 10GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 12 9.9 10 9.8 10 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	26.3% Poor	Read 95 Write 39.7 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 14.8 58% 50.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 3.8 238% 3.97 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 20,017 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3600 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	MC Read 49 MC Write 44.5 MC Mixed 38.9 126% 44.1 GB/s	SC Read 27.7 SC Write 43.3 SC Mixed 32.5 99% 34.5 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 122%

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Gaming 79%

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Desktop 90%

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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 $40Bench 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: $641

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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