MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.25% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	44.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '18 at 11:07
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-9600 APU (2016 D.BR) 12,273 User benchmarks, average bench 40% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Memory 68.8 1-Core 76.2 2-Core 141 56% 95.3 Pts	4-Core 241 8-Core 240 32% 241 Pts	64-Core 242 15% 242 Pts
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 37,078 User benchmarks, average bench 6% MSI(1462 7A34) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	6.25% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 10.8 7% 9.73 fps	MRender 4.43 Gravity 8.5 Splatting 7.17 6% 6.7 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.25% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNTD128HAGM-00000 128GB 882 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT2300Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 704 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3988 (B1) Unknown 97 97 35 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 19 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 103 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5443132941	44.7% Average	Read 398 Write 62.5 Mixed 75.4 38% 179 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 45.7 4K Mixed 9.5 73% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 61.3 DQ Mixed 23.3 35% 67.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 68%
WD WD7502AAEX-00Y9A0 750GB 4,731 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 605GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 176 4166 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 89 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 288 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 87 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 76 (C2) HDA temperature 119 100 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74.2% Very good	Read 128 Write 130 Mixed 115 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.48 138% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 77%
Seagate ST3250820SCE 250GB 439 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 228GB free Firmware: 3.ACD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 88 83892171 (03) Spinup time 89 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13352 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 203642307 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28064 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1135 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 40 521863199 (C2) HDA temperature 31 60 73014444063 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 75 51 154997629 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 789 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	40.8% Average	Read 63.6 Write 78.5 Mixed 71.6 54% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.39 90% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IR3000D464L16S/8G 1x8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.6% Poor	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 9.3 28% 9.63 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 6.4 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 57%

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Gaming 46%

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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 $150Bench 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 $48Bench 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 $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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16