MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 56%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	96.3% 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	122% 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.

Very high background CPU (94%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A37
Motherboard	MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37) (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200623
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '21 at 21:22
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	94%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	56% Above average	Memory 56.4 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 202 64% 119 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 644 55% 471 Pts	64-Core 1,220 76% 1,220 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 138 Parallax 137 96% 131 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 135 Splatting 118 96% 117 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 273GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 697 547 572 494 457 444 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 960 Write 826 Mixed 412 SusWrite 535 152% 683 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 28.4 94% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 559 DQ Write 420 DQ Mixed 524 382% 501 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 254%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 164GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 133 32 160 225 213 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24.3% Poor	Read 125 Write 121 Mixed 127 SusWrite 150 30% 130 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 9.9 4K Mixed 2.5 13% 5.07 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 121 98% 137 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 108%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 127 127 126 125 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 69.6 Write 103 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 126 66% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.3 98% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 9,254 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 31.1 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 11.9 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 139 29% 139 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 117%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37) Builds (Compare 266 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

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 $83Bench 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 $69Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	8x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $294

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16