MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82.9% 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 Drive198% 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.
Memory16GB 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 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)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190306
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 28 '19 at 17:16
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
81.9% Excellent
Memory 79.4
1-Core 114
2-Core 226
78% 140 Pts
4-Core 454
8-Core 767
74% 611 Pts
64-Core 936
58% 936 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 81.9%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2124 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.9% Excellent
Lighting 103
Reflection 114
Parallax 97.8
84% 105 fps
MRender 98.7
Gravity 96
Splatting 101
81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
116GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 574 316 318 321 319 317 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
198% Outstanding
Read 1,941
Write 1,467
Mixed 716
SusWrite 361
248% 1,121 MB/s
4K Read 45.4
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 52.2
193% 68.8 MB/s
DQ Read 961
DQ Write 791
DQ Mixed 634
541% 795 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 198%
Great: 236%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
489GB free
Firmware: MS2OA7L0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 170 172 167 165 170 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
74.7% Very good
Read 92.5
Write 76
Mixed 23.3
SusWrite 168
65% 89.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 74.7%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz
Performing below potential (95th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
104% Outstanding
MC Read 41.7
MC Write 38.9
MC Mixed 33.7
109% 38.1 GB/s
SC Read 24
SC Write 38.5
SC Mixed 28.7
87% 30.4 GB/s
Latency 81.7
49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 104%
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 1,509 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: $638
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