MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics100% 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 Drive201% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A40
MotherboardMSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40)  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191112
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 21 '20 at 10:49
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 17%
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 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
83% Excellent
Memory 73.9
1-Core 146
2-Core 284
90% 168 Pts
4-Core 494
8-Core 782
78% 638 Pts
64-Core 1000
62% 1000 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 83%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing below potential (51st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
100% Outstanding
Lighting 123
Reflection 118
Parallax 122
100% 121 fps
MRender 172
Gravity 111
Splatting 101
101% 128 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 100%
Great: 106%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38
424GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 843 870 876 879 751 32 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
201% Outstanding
Read 1,382
Write 885
Mixed 860
SusWrite 708
214% 959 MB/s
4K Read 52.5
4K Write 149
4K Mixed 69
247% 90.1 MB/s
DQ Read 328
DQ Write 839
DQ Mixed 215
270% 461 MB/s
Poor: 103%
This bench: 201%
Great: 242%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown R009D408GX2-3000C16B 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.5% Good
MC Read 28.8
MC Write 17.6
MC Mixed 27.4
70% 24.6 GB/s
SC Read 19.7
SC Write 17.2
SC Mixed 24.8
59% 20.6 GB/s
Latency 92.6
43% 92.6 ns
Poor: 68%
This bench: 68.5%
Great: 101%

 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 1,512 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: $641
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