MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	239% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '19 at 02:26
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 2700-$185 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 74.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 208 73% 130 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 628 63% 513 Pts	64-Core 1,097 68% 1,097 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FBE) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.6% Very good	Lighting 93.9 Reflection 79.8 Parallax 77.2 76% 83.6 fps	MRender 99.8 Gravity 82.8 Splatting 71.7 68% 84.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$116 16,263 User benchmarks, average bench 267% 441GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN163 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1063 1304 1377 1421 1467 1443 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 2,243 Write 1,323 Mixed 1,199 SusWrite 1,346 340% 1,528 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 53.5 173% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 421 279% 332 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 355%
SanDisk Ultra 64GB 5,745 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 25GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 43 42 29 29 29 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 118 Write 42.5 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 35.5 69% 60 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.7 135% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2D3000C16 2x8GB 11,591 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.8% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 25.9 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 23.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 90.5 44% 90.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 101%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 79%

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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