MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82.7% 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 Drive117% 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.
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-7A38
MotherboardMSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190722
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 11 '19 at 19:46
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%
Watch Gameplay: Vega-56 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$125
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87.3% Excellent
Memory 88.5
1-Core 120
2-Core 234
83% 147 Pts
4-Core 463
8-Core 747
74% 605 Pts
64-Core 940
58% 940 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 87.3%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170
CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.1
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
82.7% Excellent
Lighting 98.2
Reflection 88.8
Parallax 155
80% 114 fps
MRender 86.6
Gravity 104
Splatting 124
88% 105 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.7%
Great: 85%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
T-force 1TB 1TB
684GB free
Firmware: Q0526A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 473 446 440 439 439 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
123% Outstanding
Read 516
Write 470
Mixed 400
SusWrite 450
103% 459 MB/s
4K Read 39.9
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 56.1
188% 67.1 MB/s
DQ Read 374
DQ Write 356
DQ Mixed 122
158% 284 MB/s
Poor: 85%
This bench: 123%
Great: 129%
T-force 250GB 250GB
163GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0727A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 278 290 295 294 296 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
117% Outstanding
Read 517
Write 473
Mixed 442
SusWrite 297
97% 432 MB/s
4K Read 45
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 59.7
198% 68.2 MB/s
DQ Read 389
DQ Write 359
DQ Mixed 136
167% 295 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 117%
Great: 123%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
109% Outstanding
MC Read 44.3
MC Write 40.4
MC Mixed 34.8
114% 39.8 GB/s
SC Read 26.1
SC Write 41.1
SC Mixed 29.3
92% 32.2 GB/s
Latency 69.1
58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 109%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 706 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 77% - Very good Total price: $521
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