MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	124% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180502
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '18 at 07:09
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 76.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 80% 146 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 773 77% 626 Pts	64-Core 986 61% 986 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Lighting 71.3 Reflection 64.2 Parallax 86.9 58% 74.1 fps	MRender 63.5 Gravity 57.7 Splatting 82.1 57% 67.8 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 314GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 455 462 478 478 478 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 478 Mixed 390 SusWrite 470 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 59.7 199% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 297 224% 298 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 131%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 3TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 155 154 158 156 156 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 164 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 156 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 89%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 798GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 105 105 105 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 103 Write 101 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 105 68% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 88%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 74 74 75 76 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	64% Good	Read 148 Write 141 Mixed 64.6 SusWrite 74.6 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$51 7,248 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 30 94% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.6 78% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 87.3 46% 87.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 86%

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Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

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 $179	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