MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 100%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 101%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics118% 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 Drive230% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A40
MotherboardMSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)  (all builds)
Memory23.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200611
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 22 '20 at 03:41
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 43%
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 PC Performing as expected (41st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X-$295
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 4.25 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
83.2% Excellent
Memory 68.9
1-Core 142
2-Core 269
86% 160 Pts
4-Core 522
8-Core 876
85% 699 Pts
64-Core 1,309
81% 1,309 Pts
Poor: 78%
This bench: 83.2%
Great: 96%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400
EVGA(3842 3751) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.09
Performing below potential (1st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
118% Outstanding
Lighting 174
Reflection 88.8
Parallax 101
142% 121 fps
MRender 147
Gravity 122
Splatting 61.5
85% 110 fps
Poor: 135%
This bench: 118%
Great: 158%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
395GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1633 839 572 580 578 581 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
230% Outstanding
Read 1,936
Write 1586
Mixed 1,099
SusWrite 797
302% 1,354 MB/s
4K Read 32.7
4K Write 78.4
4K Mixed 54.9
161% 55.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,269
DQ Write 1,117
DQ Mixed 1182
889% 1,189 MB/s
Poor: 130%
This bench: 230%
Great: 296%
Toshiba MQ04ABF100 1TB
931GB free
Firmware: JU002U
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 138 139 139 138 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
80.6% Excellent
Read 142
Write 142
Mixed 53
SusWrite 138
86% 119 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 5.9
4K Mixed 0.6
234% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 79%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
74.8% Very good
MC Read 30.3
MC Write 23
MC Mixed 30.4
80% 27.9 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 19.9
SC Mixed 21.5
55% 19.1 GB/s
Latency 104
38% 104 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 74.8%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 79%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) - $120

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $641
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