MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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	54.6% 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	50% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180502
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '18 at 03:54
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 80 1-Core 121 2-Core 241 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 782 77% 631 Pts	64-Core 999 62% 999 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Lighting 69.9 Reflection 67.3 Parallax 84.7 57% 73.9 fps	MRender 64.9 Gravity 65.9 Splatting 54.8 50% 61.9 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 120 GB 120GB 14,313 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE3000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 80 63 75 73 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	50% Above average	Read 456 Write 94.1 Mixed 126 SusWrite 65.6 40% 185 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 41.1 4K Mixed 19.4 82% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 12.2 DQ Mixed 13.9 23% 48.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 55%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 112GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 62 57 57 57 57 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 501 Write 367 Mixed 352 SusWrite 86.8 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 39.9 143% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 116 131% 223 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 82%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 277GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 119 118 118 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 140 Write 123 Mixed 76.1 SusWrite 119 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 1x8GB 1,834 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (89^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.1% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 15.5 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 57%

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

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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 $134	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