MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.1% 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 Drive	218% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A37
Motherboard	MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '20 at 20:53
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 78.4 1-Core 98 2-Core 196 70% 124 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 771 69% 582 Pts	64-Core 1,045 65% 1,045 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3048 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 93.4 Parallax 85.6 86% 94.7 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 91.4 Splatting 80.5 75% 93.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 676 528 526 518 513 505 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 2,131 Write 1,718 Mixed 912 SusWrite 544 294% 1,326 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 57.6 218% 79.5 MB/s	DQ Read 782 DQ Write 693 DQ Mixed 713 541% 729 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 254%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 55GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 376 387 388 387 390 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 392 Write 399 Mixed 258 SusWrite 375 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 35.7 131% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 322 249% 338 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 106%
Seagate ST9500530NS 500GB 211 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 198GB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 72 72 72 72 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 77 Write 74.2 Mixed 49 SusWrite 71.3 50% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 32.4 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 27.7 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 83.5 48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 95%

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

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Typical B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37) Builds (Compare 266 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

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Desktop 76%

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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 $74Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	8x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $294

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16