MSI B350M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.47% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B350M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171206
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '18 at 00:02
Run Duration	361 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 1400-$87 71,313 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Memory 71.7 1-Core 84.7 2-Core 198 66% 118 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 534 55% 444 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8A9F) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 405 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.47% Terrible	Lighting 4.27 Reflection 5 Parallax 3.44 4% 4.23 fps	MRender 5.71 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 3.13 3% 4.38 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.47% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1.5TB free Firmware: D781 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 33 Write 31 Mixed 29.1 23% 31 MB/s	4K Read 3.56 4K Write 4.04 4K Mixed 0.49 277% 2.69 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 760GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 172 1791 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 29 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 434 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 13 (C2) HDA temperature 114 107 29 (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	97.6% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 159 Mixed 136 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.24 111% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 311GB free Firmware: 0708 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 30.3 Write 32.9 Mixed 28.7 23% 30.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.36 144% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 66%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 64GB 8,040 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 58GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 18.1 Write 7.21 Mixed 9.32 13% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.39 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.3 115% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 19%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 32GB 1,150 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 30GB free, PID 00d4 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	8.64% Terrible	Read 25.1 Write 9.39 Mixed 13.4 18% 16 MB/s	4K Read 8.51 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.03 43% 2.95 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.64% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata 2x4GB 13,050 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 30.1 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 31.1 SC Mixed 24.3 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 97.5 41% 97.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 88%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 70%

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Workstation 29%

Raft

Motherboard: MSI B350M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38) - $75

CPU
Ryzen 5 1400AMD $87Bench 61%, 71,313 samples	394x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	307x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	97x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	492x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	82x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	80x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	36x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	35x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	32x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GBAdataBench 42%, 10,940 samples	80x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	73x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	50x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $372

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