MSI B350M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.1% 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 Drive45.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A38
MotherboardMSI B350M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)  (all builds)
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200706
Uptime5.7 Days
Run DateNov 16 '20 at 20:37
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 13%
Watch Gameplay: Vega-56 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$155
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86.8% Excellent
Memory 85.8
1-Core 118
2-Core 237
82% 147 Pts
4-Core 472
8-Core 756
75% 614 Pts
64-Core 961
60% 961 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 86.8%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170
CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.1
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
84.1% Excellent
Lighting 100
Reflection 89.9
Parallax 145
82% 112 fps
MRender 88
Gravity 104
Splatting 126
89% 106 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.1%
Great: 85%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28
109GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1Z40102
SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 9.2 87 37 9.6 62 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)
45.7% Average
Read 506
Write 438
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 92.7
58% 266 MB/s
4K Read 30.6
4K Write 16.7
4K Mixed 0.6
56% 16 MB/s
DQ Read 218
DQ Write 7
DQ Mixed 32.6
44% 85.7 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 45.7%
Great: 100%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
178GB free
Firmware: RVT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 481 479 434 367 367 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
124% Outstanding
Read 506
Write 478
Mixed 442
SusWrite 433
105% 465 MB/s
4K Read 45.1
4K Write 99.9
4K Mixed 59.3
197% 68.1 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 351
DQ Mixed 362
272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 124%
Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
553GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 146 148 150 150 148 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
83.7% Excellent
Read 143
Write 139
Mixed 90.1
SusWrite 148
96% 130 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.2
248% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 83.7%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
103% Outstanding
MC Read 41.3
MC Write 38.2
MC Mixed 32.8
107% 37.4 GB/s
SC Read 24.4
SC Write 37.9
SC Mixed 27.5
86% 29.9 GB/s
Latency 71.4
56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 103%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B350M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 1,546 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 34%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 29%
Raft

Motherboard: MSI B350M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38) - $75

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $372
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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