MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	38.3% 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	68.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7A37
Motherboard	MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180129
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '18 at 16:48
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 76.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 78% 142 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 743 72% 595 Pts	64-Core 950 59% 950 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3966) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Lighting 50.8 Reflection 47.7 Parallax 46.8 41% 48.4 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 42.3 Splatting 37.4 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 64938805 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 36833639531239 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 264 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 85 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 45 64427458586 (C2) HDA temperature 26 45 64427458586 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 64938805 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 64938805 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 64938805 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 120259084289 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3261 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1644 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1644 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1666 (F4) Unknown 100 100 917509	68.2% Good	Read 511 Write 233 Mixed 274 74% 339 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 10.6 92% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 12.9 53% 115 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 826GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 172 2091 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 120 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 371 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 120 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 171 (C2) HDA temperature 115 112 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	98.9% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 172 Mixed 167 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.35 133% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 29.1 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.4 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 87.2 46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 90%

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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 $85Bench 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 $130Bench 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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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $295

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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