MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 62.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A37
Motherboard	MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170816
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '17 at 11:02
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Memory 59.1 1-Core 92.5 2-Core 169 60% 107 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 614 59% 486 Pts	64-Core 982 61% 982 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 0466) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.9.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Lighting 66 Reflection 58.9 Parallax 84.3 54% 69.7 fps	MRender 57.9 Gravity 57.7 Splatting 74.7 53% 63.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green SATA M.2 240GB-$68 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2219 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (A5) Unknown 100 100 30088102176 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 47 227633266739 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 412317909088 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 278 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2700 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1296 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1065 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	32.1% Below average	Read 362 Write 13.5 Mixed 237 44% 204 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 3.65 55% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 20.5 DQ Write 50.5 DQ Mixed 3.59 12% 24.9 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 68%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 19817064 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 282 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20326326 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24715 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 279 (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 61 48 706674727 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 26 26 148091 (C2) HDA temperature 39 52 47244640295 (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 -61087319827082 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6046360270 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29062097776	91.7% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 144 Mixed 138 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 4x4GB 1,126 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.5% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 24.5 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 17.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 130 31% 130 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 101%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37)

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	69x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	24x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	31x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	27x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	15x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $68Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX 2x8GBCorsairBench 74%, 8,261 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	8x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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