MSI B450M/ac

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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.
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.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	MSI B450M/ac (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '22 at 07:03
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 73.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 281 89% 166 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 904 90% 730 Pts	64-Core 1,446 90% 1,446 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4074) CLim: 2182 MHz, MLim: 3850 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 123 Parallax 126 115% 130 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 105 Splatting 91.7 90% 113 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,548 Write 1,566 Mixed 1,206 321% 1,440 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 69.2 256% 97.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,215 DQ Write 872 DQ Mixed 923 722% 1,004 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 237%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 170GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 174 175 177 179 177 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 177 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 167 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 113%
PNY USB 3.2.1 FD 32GB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 29GB free, PID 1008 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 10 10 10 10 10 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Read 152 Write 11.7 Mixed 14.4 SusWrite 10.2 40% 47.1 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 72% 6.47 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G30C15U4W.M8FE1 2x8GB 906 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.7% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 28.2 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 28.9 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 93.1 43% 93.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 109%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 45%

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Motherboard: MSI B450M/ac

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	40x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	21x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $104Bench 60%, 181,631 samples	2x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	27x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	11x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $499Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	4x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $36Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	22x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	14x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	4x

RAM
BL8G30C15U4R.M8FE 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 3,404 samples	8x
CL18-20-20 D4-3000 1x8GBUnknownBench 47%, 374 samples	8x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 82%, 74,390 samples	3x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $249

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $175	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16