MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	60 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200610
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '21 at 14:44
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing below expectations (22^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 65.3 1-Core 149 2-Core 281 87% 165 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 772 81% 651 Pts	64-Core 1,088 67% 1,088 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E411) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.8% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 143 Parallax 180 104% 150 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 129 Splatting 97.3 92% 114 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU635 240GB-$20 12,702 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: N181017a Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 444 Write 415 Mixed 128 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 22 4K Mixed 24.2 101% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 90 DQ Write 21.9 DQ Mixed 35.4 31% 49.1 MB/s
Poor: 32% Great: 97%
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB 17,192 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 197GB free Firmware: S0530B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 214 11 11 10 11 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.8% Below average	Read 50.3 Write 163 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 81.4 21% 92 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 22.6 89% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 43.5 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 48.1 46% 70.3 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 101%
Hitachi HUS724030ALA640 3TB 2,302 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 74GB free Firmware: MF8OAC50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 85 81 87 86 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 99.6 Write 106 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 85.6 61% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 94%
Hitachi HUS724030ALA640 3TB 2,302 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 12GB free Firmware: MF8OAC50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 63 66 59 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	29.7% Poor	Read 38 Write 66.2 Mixed 33.4 SusWrite 65.1 37% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2C3200C16 4x16GB 18,655 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB 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	65.5% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 25.7 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 26.9 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 113 35% 113 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 123%

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

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Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	179x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	88x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	67x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	63x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	50x
GTX 1660-TiNvidia $143Bench 76%, 318,562 samples	47x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	26x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	22x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	61x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	41x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	21x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $521

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16