MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, 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	110% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180502
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '19 at 12:22
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 75.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 209 72% 129 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 689 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 861 53% 861 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.12.3 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	38.3% Below average	Lighting 49.7 Reflection 33 Parallax 62.6 40% 48.5 fps	MRender 31.5 Gravity 50.9 Splatting 41.1 34% 41.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 204 239 108 64 107 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 866 Write 544 Mixed 564 SusWrite 199 121% 543 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 46.7 161% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 37.2 103% 217 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 157%
Samsung MZ7TE256HMHP-000L7 256GB 4,594 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 238GB free Firmware: EXT09L6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 251 251 251 251 251 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 492 Write 249 Mixed 222 SusWrite 251 67% 303 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 30.5 130% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 81.2 122% 233 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 129 128 130 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 131 Write 123 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 128 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 864GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 194 193 195 193 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 75 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 193 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2OZ 1x8GB 4,974 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	48.9% Average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 14.8 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 90.1 44% 90.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 57%

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

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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 $40Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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