MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	132% 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	147% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A37
Motherboard	MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37) (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '24 at 17:01
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 63.1 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 188 65% 116 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 699 65% 544 Pts	64-Core 1015 63% 1015 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 196 Parallax 188 146% 188 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 195 Splatting 132 126% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 583 227 223 219 219 165 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 1,824 Write 1,404 Mixed 687 SusWrite 273 232% 1,047 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 37.2 125% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 657 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 187 199% 343 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 254%
Seagate ST12000NM0007-2A1101 12TB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2TB free Firmware: SN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 156 158 154 159 160 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 192 Mixed 104 SusWrite 157 120% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 1.3 324% 3 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 135%
GB0160EAPRR 160GB 139 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 43GB free Firmware: HPG2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 74 75 74 72 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 77.7 Write 78.4 Mixed 56.9 SusWrite 73.7 53% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C DDR4 4x8GB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	69.5% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 23.8 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 21.5 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 84%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	34.1"	1280 720	GSM59F1 LG ULTRAWIDE

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

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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 $83Bench 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 $68Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX 2x8GBCorsairBench 74%, 8,261 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	8x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $294

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16