MSI B360 GAMING ARCTIC (MS-7B22)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B22
Motherboard	MSI B360 GAMING ARCTIC (MS-7B22) (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 07 '22 at 00:52
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$137 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 266 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 783 83% 661 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% PowerColor(148C 2387) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.4.1 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 59.7 Parallax 172 90% 114 fps	MRender 92.6 Gravity 131 Splatting 77 80% 100 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 94%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 863GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 114 95 63 85 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 63.3 Write 99.7 Mixed 38.4 SusWrite 87 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 53% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 029E CMK8GX4M2C3000C16 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.1% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 11.6 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 11.9 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 66.1 61% 66.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 42%

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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 B360 GAMING ARCTIC (MS-7B22) Builds (Compare 399 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 43%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B360 GAMING ARCTIC (MS-7B22)

CPU
Core i5-8400Intel $129Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	73x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	57x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	46x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	29x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	28x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	25x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	20x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	16x

RAM
CMW16GX4M2A2666C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 23,313 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	11x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	10x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $322

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16