MSI B350 PC MATE (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe 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.
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 PC MATE (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170509
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateFeb 01 '19 at 00:02
Run Duration118 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%
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 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$211
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
74.7% Very good
Memory 70.1
1-Core 106
2-Core 214
72% 130 Pts
4-Core 426
8-Core 688
68% 557 Pts
64-Core 904
56% 904 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 74.7%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71
Performing below potential (51st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 130
Reflection 134
Parallax 120
106% 128 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 133
Splatting 111
97% 119 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 102%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
168GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 78 86 87 91 107 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
58.9% Above average
Read 117
Write 124
Mixed 65.7
SusWrite 87.9
72% 98.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.2
232% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 58.9%
Great: 109%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB
353GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 136 135 134 136 139 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
82.7% Excellent
Read 149
Write 136
Mixed 75.2
SusWrite 139
92% 125 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1.1
215% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 82.7%
Great: 110%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (1st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
34% Below average
MC Read 12.4
MC Write 10.2
MC Mixed 10.8
32% 11.1 GB/s
SC Read 12.5
SC Write 12.1
SC Mixed 13
36% 12.5 GB/s
Latency 101
40% 101 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 34%
Great: 108%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B350 PC MATE (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 1,678 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B350 PC MATE (MS-7A34) - $184

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 91% - Outstanding Total price: $538
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HDDRAMUSB
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