MSI B350M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	67.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B350M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	16.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190121
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 15 '21 at 10:30
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 68.6 1-Core 96.9 2-Core 189 66% 118 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 566 59% 473 Pts	64-Core 1,071 66% 1,071 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 22F2) 2GB CLim: 1206 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.3.1 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Lighting 16.7 Reflection 28.5 Parallax 22 14% 22.4 fps	MRender 26.6 Gravity 16.4 Splatting 21.3 17% 21.4 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 120GB-$14 42,288 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: V8X01c45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 380 156 156 130 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 392 Write 371 Mixed 322 SusWrite 224 74% 327 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 28.6 101% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 73.2 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 114 99% 141 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$22 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 30GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 87 89 88 88 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 124 Write 118 Mixed 65.9 SusWrite 87.6 72% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 88%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 63GB free Firmware: JE4OA60A SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 60 60 59 59 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 57.9 Write 36.4 Mixed 35.6 SusWrite 58.8 35% 47.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 53%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55 30,952 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 28GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 91 91 91 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 73.5 Write 73.9 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 91 53% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 54%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 82GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Read 33 Write 37 Mixed 32.2 SusWrite 37.6 26% 34.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.5 159% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 3x8GB 377 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	69.1% Good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 23.6 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 20.7 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 84%

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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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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 29%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 1400AMD $87Bench 61%, 71,313 samples	394x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	307x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	96x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	492x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	82x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	80x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	36x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	35x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	32x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GBAdataBench 42%, 10,940 samples	80x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	73x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	50x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $372

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