MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.3% 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	65.6% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A37
Motherboard	MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 10:16
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 72.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 79% 144 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 777 76% 622 Pts	64-Core 994 62% 994 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1530 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.3% Poor	Lighting 3.73 Reflection 72 Parallax 85.4 3% 53.7 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 70.5 Splatting 58.4 54% 66.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Amd-raid SanDisk SD6SB2M2 256GB 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: X210 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	65.6% Good	Read 366 Write 377 Mixed 384 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 38.2 4K Mixed 13.7 67% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 36.3 67% 132 MB/s

Amd-raid Array 2 12TB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 11TB free Firmware: 8.1 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 71.4 Write 94.6 Mixed 76.5 61% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.03 4K Write 5.63 4K Mixed 0.92 374% 3.52 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 270%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB 1,415 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.6% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 12.8 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 95.1 42% 95.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 95%

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

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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 $83Bench 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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Total price: $295

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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