MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	43.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	148% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170728
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '17 at 19:51
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 75.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 203 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 677 63% 527 Pts	64-Core 939 58% 939 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 0505) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.5% Average	Lighting 51.2 Reflection 66.5 Parallax 68 42% 61.9 fps	MRender 66.9 Gravity 51 Splatting 55.5 47% 57.8 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 1TB free Firmware: 0711 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 122 Write 125 Mixed 87.8 25% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 8 4K Mixed 0.56 6% 3.1 MB/s	DQ Read 0.86 DQ Write 7.42 DQ Mixed 0.57 2% 2.95 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 19%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 11,069 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 1,204 Write 578 Mixed 679 180% 821 MB/s	4K Read 50.9 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 52.3 193% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 53 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 30.4 48% 88.1 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 234%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 83GB free Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 235 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 58 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12888440868 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 55 193273528357 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 51540525070 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 122 (EA) Unknown 100 100 172 (F1) Unknown 253 253 151 (F2) Unknown 253 253 76 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	72.4% Very good	Read 505 Write 388 Mixed 422 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 7.16 94% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 24.6 DQ Write 87 DQ Mixed 3.64 18% 38.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 78%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 774GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 171 2125 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 239 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 268 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 58 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 503 (C2) HDA temperature 117 113 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	90.8% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 159 Mixed 144 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.26 124% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 34 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 29.6 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.1 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 90.2 44% 90.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 88%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34)

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	222x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	110x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	89x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	100x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	68x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	34x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	31x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	28x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	25x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16