MSI B350M MORTAR (MS-7A37)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 64.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A37
Motherboard	MSI B350M MORTAR (MS-7A37) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '17 at 13:33
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Memory 67.1 1-Core 102 2-Core 185 66% 118 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 642 58% 489 Pts	64-Core 819 51% 819 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 520 16,336 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 83C6) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 300 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.85% Terrible	Lighting 2.27 Reflection 2.31 Parallax 1.84 2% 2.14 fps	MRender 2.62 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 2.04 2% 2.3 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.85% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 161 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (A5) Unknown 100 100 231935443044 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 50 214748364845 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 141734248481 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 95 (EA) Unknown 100 100 936 (F1) Unknown 253 253 531 (F2) Unknown 253 253 324 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	59.5% Above average	Read 507 Write 289 Mixed 193 72% 330 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 3.81 53% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 3.34 44% 105 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 69 64 8909757 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 72 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 188672 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18541373817006 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 75 353370133 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 218 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 51539607573 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -113649129619453 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3162574 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5747183	96.8% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 166 Mixed 143 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.28 97% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB 8,261 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 25.5 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 90%

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

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: MSI B350M MORTAR (MS-7A37)

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	183x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	77x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	58x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	79x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	47x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	46x

SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	24x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	32x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	19x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	13x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $324

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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