MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.5% 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	116% 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 (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A37
Motherboard	MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200623
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '21 at 19:21
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 3800XT-$350 13,898 User benchmarks, average bench 88% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.25 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 78.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 82% 149 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 753 73% 600 Pts	64-Core 1,438 89% 1,438 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 98%

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: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.30.23.01 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.5% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 111 Parallax 176 92% 133 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 126 Splatting 76.9 79% 98.5 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 87.5% 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% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 223 222 224 225 224 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 893 Write 243 Mixed 334 SusWrite 223 93% 423 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 39.2 136% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 878 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 271 274% 461 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 210%
WD WD4000YS-01M 400GB 185 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 82GB free Firmware: 09.02E09 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 51 51 52 51 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 43.4 Write 63.6 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 51.1 34% 46.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 40%
Hitachi HTS542512K9SA00 120GB-$25 1,782 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 103GB free Firmware: BB2OC32P SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 37.7 Write 32.6 Mixed 23.6 SusWrite 37.8 24% 32.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 113% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 31%
WD WD1001FALS-00U9B0 1TB 3,876 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 146GB free Firmware: 06.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 106 103 105 105 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 79.3 Write 75.3 Mixed 78 SusWrite 105 62% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.9% 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 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 33.1 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 24.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 84.1 48% 84.1 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 111%

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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 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 $84Bench 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 $75Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX 2x8GBCorsairBench 74%, 8,261 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	8x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $294

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16