MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170728
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '18 at 17:48
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 70.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 232 76% 140 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 753 73% 599 Pts	64-Core 895 55% 895 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Lighting 46.3 Reflection 51.3 Parallax 60.3 38% 52.6 fps	MRender 48.9 Gravity 40 Splatting 36.4 34% 41.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5630 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 738 (B1) Unknown 97 97 54 (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 67 55 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20318667768	104% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 413 Mixed 419 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 43.4 157% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 92.2 105% 181 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 11GB free Firmware: O1230C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 77 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 495 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 156 (A3) Unknown 100 100 64 (A4) Unknown 100 100 13750 (A5) Unknown 100 100 13 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 7 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 26795 (F2) Unknown 100 100 75407 (F5) Unknown 100 100 55000	70.2% Very good	Read 485 Write 252 Mixed 256 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 43.5 4K Mixed 21.7 92% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 48.1 68% 130 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 92%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 722GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 92 (03) Spinup time 120 120 25790513469 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5941 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19940 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2553 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5951 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5951 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 180389543960 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	72.7% Very good	Read 131 Write 123 Mixed 119 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.42 104% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 2x8GB 2,416 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (97^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.1% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 26 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 22.5 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 99.3 40% 99.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 76%

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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	109x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 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 $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	25x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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