MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 94%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics102% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190722
Uptime1.2 Days
Run DateNov 15 '19 at 22:13
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
87.3% Excellent
Memory 79.8
1-Core 130
2-Core 258
85% 156 Pts
4-Core 508
8-Core 981
88% 744 Pts
64-Core 1,347
83% 1,347 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 87.3%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 111
Parallax 228
102% 155 fps
MRender 109
Gravity 119
Splatting 143
104% 124 fps
Poor: 78%
This bench: 102%
Great: 91%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
APS-SL3N-256 256GB
53GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 244 109 107 107 106 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
90.3% Outstanding
Read 476
Write 335
Mixed 350
SusWrite 187
75% 337 MB/s
4K Read 38.7
4K Write 84.1
4K Mixed 40.4
155% 54.4 MB/s
DQ Read 257
DQ Write 304
DQ Mixed 202
174% 254 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 90.3%
Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
989GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 120 110 175 182 186 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
77.4% Very good
Read 125
Write 126
Mixed 70.9
SusWrite 145
85% 117 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 77.4%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
88.4% Excellent
MC Read 33.5
MC Write 33.1
MC Mixed 28.7
91% 31.8 GB/s
SC Read 23.2
SC Write 32.6
SC Mixed 26.5
78% 27.4 GB/s
Latency 80.9
50% 80.9 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 88.4%
Great: 88%

 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: $646
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