MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive28.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180319
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 21 '19 at 03:14
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
Watch Gameplay: Vega-56 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
86.2% Excellent
Memory 78.6
1-Core 116
2-Core 252
81% 149 Pts
4-Core 502
8-Core 955
87% 729 Pts
64-Core 1,338
83% 1,338 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 86.2%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170
CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.12.3
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
84.8% Excellent
Lighting 101
Reflection 91.1
Parallax 156
82% 116 fps
MRender 88.3
Gravity 106
Splatting 128
90% 107 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.8%
Great: 85%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28
48GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKB1D2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 80 48 74 107 41 MB/s
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
28.5% Poor
Read 181
Write 91.5
Mixed 74
SusWrite 89.2
24% 109 MB/s
4K Read 14.6
4K Write 23.6
4K Mixed 11.8
50% 16.7 MB/s
DQ Read 16.7
DQ Write 17.9
DQ Mixed 17.2
13% 17.3 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 28.5%
Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
105GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 107 106 106 107 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
64.9% Good
Read 119
Write 114
Mixed 72
SusWrite 107
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.2
236% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 64.9%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$379
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (51st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
80.6% Excellent
MC Read 30.5
MC Write 29.7
MC Mixed 26.6
83% 28.9 GB/s
SC Read 21.8
SC Write 28.9
SC Mixed 23.8
71% 24.8 GB/s
Latency 83.1
48% 83.1 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 102%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 950 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 46%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $371
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