MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	48% 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	39% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A37
Motherboard	MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37) (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190122
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '19 at 20:45
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (20^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 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	67% Good	Memory 68.3 1-Core 97.2 2-Core 196 67% 121 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 635 59% 494 Pts	64-Core 1,016 63% 1,016 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48% Average	Lighting 58.2 Reflection 54.3 Parallax 68.3 47% 60.3 fps	MRender 54.2 Gravity 51.4 Splatting 70 49% 58.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 37 29 35 29 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 429 Write 75 Mixed 30 SusWrite 36.5 30% 143 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 20.9 4K Mixed 6.1 45% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 31.7 58% 114 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 78%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 37GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 64 58 63 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 78 Write 71.7 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 63.5 49% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 58%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 124GB 623 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 75GB free, PID 00ed Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 13 14 14 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	5.85% Terrible	Read 10 Write 17.7 Mixed 2 SusWrite 12.8 15% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.7 49% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 5.85% Great: 37%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 127GB 192 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2GB free, PID 00d9 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 258 Write 191 Mixed 174 252% 207 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.3 83% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 8% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD44G266681 2x4GB 2,144 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.9% Very good	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 27.7 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 22.2 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 96%

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

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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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX 2x8GBCorsairBench 74%, 8,261 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	8x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $300

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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