MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170728
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 00:33
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 below expectations (34^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 73 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 191 69% 121 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 622 57% 480 Pts	64-Core 838 52% 838 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 841E) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Lighting 33.1 Reflection 30.2 Parallax 39.4 27% 34.2 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 38.2 Splatting 26.1 27% 34.3 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3402 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 801 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 460 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2162760 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 249 (C2) HDA temperature 72 60 171799281692 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8762 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7075 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9721 (F4) Unknown 100 100 33 (F5) Unknown 100 100 72 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2314624	85.7% Excellent	Read 512 Write 468 Mixed 505 111% 495 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 13.4 93% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 14 68% 155 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 111%
Seagate ST3200822AS 200GB-$33 4,227 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 116GB free Firmware: 3.01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 59 47 240904930 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4466 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 678163805 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12518 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4003 (C2) HDA temperature 35 64 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 59 47 240904930 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	34.7% Below average	Read 61 Write 59.7 Mixed 59.2 45% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.32 80% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GB 300 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	85% Excellent	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 29.9 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 23.8 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 94.7 42% 94.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 92%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34)

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	222x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	109x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	89x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	100x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	68x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	34x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	31x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	28x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	25x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $371

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 $15	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