MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	33.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A37
Motherboard	MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170420
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '18 at 06:03
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	49%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th 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 2.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Memory 74.3 1-Core 52.7 2-Core 145 53% 90.7 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 537 44% 382 Pts	64-Core 1,061 66% 1,061 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.1% Good	Lighting 63.2 Reflection 86.8 Parallax 94.3 52% 81.5 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 98.7 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Amd-raid ZTSSD-S11-240G-P 240GB 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 33 75 53 23 60 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33.4% Below average	Read 238 Write 272 Mixed 262 SusWrite 65.4 47% 209 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 31.1 4K Mixed 12.8 54% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 75.4 DQ Write 87.7 DQ Mixed 9.3 27% 57.5 MB/s

Amd-raid Array 2 2TB 806 User benchmarks, average bench 129% 453GB free Firmware: 8.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 242 237 235 240 235 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 243 Write 223 Mixed 89.2 SusWrite 238 144% 198 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.8 256% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 201%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 28.3 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 18.2 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 91.8 44% 91.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Battleship

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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Value: 105% - Outstanding

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