MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics81.8% 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 Drive206% 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.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A37
MotherboardMSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37)  (all builds)
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191202
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 09 '20 at 02:42
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User DNK-User
Background CPU 16%
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 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
75.2% Very good
Memory 77.4
1-Core 97.8
2-Core 197
70% 124 Pts
4-Core 392
8-Core 694
65% 543 Pts
64-Core 1,056
65% 1,056 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 75.2%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3048 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
81.8% Excellent
Lighting 105
Reflection 93.3
Parallax 92.5
85% 96.8 fps
MRender 108
Gravity 91.3
Splatting 80.7
75% 93.4 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 81.8%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
108GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 630 407 403 403 398 396 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
206% Outstanding
Read 2024
Write 1,586
Mixed 733
SusWrite 440
265% 1,195 MB/s
4K Read 44
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 61
211% 76.5 MB/s
DQ Read 787
DQ Write 687
DQ Mixed 708
539% 727 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 206%
Great: 254%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400
31GB free
Firmware: 1.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 381 395 395 393 390 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
92.5% Outstanding
Read 389
Write 302
Mixed 254
SusWrite 379
74% 331 MB/s
4K Read 25.8
4K Write 82.4
4K Mixed 33.4
126% 47.2 MB/s
DQ Read 338
DQ Write 351
DQ Mixed 320
248% 336 MB/s
Poor: 68%
This bench: 92.5%
Great: 106%
Seagate ST9500530NS 500GB
198GB free
Firmware: SN03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 70 71 72 72 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
41.2% Average
Read 72.2
Write 73.2
Mixed 50.7
SusWrite 71.1
49% 66.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 41.2%
Great: 54%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
100% Outstanding
MC Read 39.6
MC Write 38
MC Mixed 32.9
105% 36.8 GB/s
SC Read 22.7
SC Write 36.9
SC Mixed 28.3
84% 29.3 GB/s
Latency 85.6
47% 85.6 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 100%
Great: 95%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37) Builds (Compare 266 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 103% - Outstanding Total price: $299
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