MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.5% 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	185% 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	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '20 at 06:39
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th 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-$125 179,588 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)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 83.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 247 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 752 76% 617 Pts	64-Core 1,005 62% 1,005 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.4% 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: 451.67 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.5% Below average	Lighting 26.8 Reflection 120 Parallax 120 22% 88.9 fps	MRender 48.5 Gravity 102 Splatting 49.3 53% 66.6 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 32.5% 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% 217GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 879 466 490 546 510 518 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,438 Write 1,905 Mixed 1,515 SusWrite 568 306% 1,357 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 56.9 179% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,065 DQ Write 593 DQ Mixed 827 616% 828 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 277%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 129GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 100 101 106 105 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 147 Write 95.2 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 103 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.9% 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% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	109% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 36.9 112% 39.3 GB/s	SC Read 28.7 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 34.1 98% 34.4 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 119%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 42%

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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 $125Bench 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 $40Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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