MSI B350M MORTAR (MS-7A37)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A37
Motherboard	MSI B350M MORTAR (MS-7A37) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170428
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '17 at 02:37
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 69.3 1-Core 91.8 2-Core 153 61% 105 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 617 57% 478 Pts	64-Core 1,038 64% 1,038 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 153 Parallax 127 114% 140 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 145 Splatting 113 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 480GB-$192 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 12504 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1480 (A6) Unknown 100 100 56 (A7) Unknown 100 100 45 (A8) Unknown 100 100 242 (A9) Unknown 100 100 770 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 136 (AE) Unknown 100 100 74 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 149 639950585887 (D4) Unknown 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1077 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 69990 (F1) Unknown 253 253 23092 (F2) Unknown 253 253 15009 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	59.5% Above average	Read 450 Write 232 Mixed 259 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 10.8 92% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 30.6 DQ Write 24 DQ Mixed 48.9 31% 34.5 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 110%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 214GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 177 168 4125 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8165 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14695 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1667 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8069 (C2) HDA temperature 115 99 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.1% Above average	Read 106 Write 99.5 Mixed 103 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.44 112% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73 54,616 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	43.2% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 12.8 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 14.6 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 129%

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

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B350M MORTAR (MS-7A37)

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	183x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	77x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	58x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	79x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	47x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	46x

SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	24x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	32x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	19x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	13x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $324

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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