MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.2% 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	182% 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.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191202
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '20 at 03:52
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 84 1-Core 121 2-Core 247 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 765 77% 624 Pts	64-Core 1,017 63% 1,017 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3752) CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.2% Below average	Lighting 13.9 Reflection 114 Parallax 107 11% 78.3 fps	MRender 148 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 85.4 88% 111 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$45 23,539 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 224GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 835 485 509 508 537 525 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 1,460 Write 1,833 Mixed 1,526 SusWrite 566 303% 1,346 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 56.1 196% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,031 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 49.2 187% 438 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 277%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 154GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 107 104 106 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 144 Write 104 Mixed 91.5 SusWrite 106 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 221% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D26BFSE.8FB BLS4G4D26BFSE.8FBR2 BLS4G4D26BFSE.8FB BLS4G4D26BFSE.8FBD2 16GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 3066, 3066, 3066, 3066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	112% Outstanding	MC Read 44 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 37.2 116% 40.5 GB/s	SC Read 28.6 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 34 100% 34.8 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 119%

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 42%

Speed boat

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 $155Bench 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 $45Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $371

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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