MSI B350 PC MATE (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.3% 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	56.7% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 PC MATE (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20190708
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '22 at 01:16
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

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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 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 241 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 739 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 959 59% 959 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3752) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3652 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 164 Parallax 92.3 87% 121 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 104 Splatting 100 92% 114 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: V3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 71 71 72 71 72 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 435 Write 371 Mixed 296 SusWrite 102 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 11.9 92% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 82 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 19.2 52% 106 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 83%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 8GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,888 Write 1,750 Mixed 729 322% 1,456 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 55.6 196% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,075 DQ Write 549 DQ Mixed 768 582% 797 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 246GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 156 160 160 161 162 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 93.4 Write 93.4 Mixed 74.1 SusWrite 159 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 208% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 140GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 72 71 72 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 76.5 Write 85.2 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 71.2 52% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 60%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 163GB free Firmware: 0002BSM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 61 61 60 60 60 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 53.4 Write 57.3 Mixed 35.4 SusWrite 60.2 38% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 87% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3200 C18 Series 2x8GB 1,111 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 44.7 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 35.2 113% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 27.5 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 30.7 93% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%

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

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: MSI B350 PC MATE (MS-7A34) - $184

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	441x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	132x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	123x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	201x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	121x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	119x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	71x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	37x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	65x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	44x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $534

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