MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.1% 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	120% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A37
Motherboard	MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170920
Uptime	6.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '20 at 01:45
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (61^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 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 76.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 220 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 698 69% 563 Pts	64-Core 861 53% 861 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1729 MHz, MLim: 1144 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 119 Parallax 194 96% 143 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 139 Splatting 81.2 85% 106 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 217 168 163 142 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 1,041 Write 178 Mixed 362 SusWrite 172 95% 438 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 38.8 137% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 894 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 270 276% 467 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 210%
WD WD4000YS-01M 400GB 185 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 51GB free Firmware: 09.02E09 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 63 59 57 43 42 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 66.7 Write 70.5 Mixed 39.8 SusWrite 52.9 42% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 40%
Hitachi HTS542512K9SA00 120GB-$25 1,782 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 104GB free Firmware: BB2OC32P SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 50 50 50 50 51 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 19.4 Write 38.7 Mixed 23.4 SusWrite 50.3 24% 33 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 113% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 31%
WD WD1001FALS-00U9B0 1TB 3,876 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 37GB free Firmware: 06.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 110 109 110 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 75.7 Write 66.6 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 108 61% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 17,279 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 43 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 35.2 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 26.9 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 87.3 46% 87.3 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 111%

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

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

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 $82Bench 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 $68Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	8x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $295

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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