MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.5% 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 Drive	193% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '23 at 18:16
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 71.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 216 74% 134 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 640 67% 536 Pts	64-Core 890 55% 890 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 4520) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 111 Parallax 112 96% 114 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 104 Splatting 95.8 89% 111 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1286 1296 362 67 457 816 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,405 Write 1,407 Mixed 1,079 SusWrite 714 258% 1,151 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 61.6 209% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 686 DQ Write 616 DQ Mixed 268 306% 523 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 295%
Asmt 2105 2TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 730GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 378 388 386 390 382 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 378 Write 395 Mixed 382 SusWrite 383 87% 384 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 30.7 99% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 148 122% 175 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GB 2,647 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.4% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 25.1 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 19.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 97.7 41% 97.7 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 129%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	55	23	60	84.6"	1280 720	SAM0D3B SAMSUNG

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Typical B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) Builds (Compare 1,512 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 79%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

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Workstation 74%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) - $120

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	294x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	210x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	117x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	75x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	71x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	69x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	40x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	38x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	128x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	41x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16