MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.9% 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	63.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A37
Motherboard	MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '17 at 13:01
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X-$131 70,038 User benchmarks, average bench 66% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 72.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 205 73% 130 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 593 58% 473 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 3351) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Lighting 46.5 Reflection 32 Parallax 39.1 38% 39.2 fps	MRender 39.2 Gravity 41.8 Splatting 36.9 32% 39.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^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 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 37 (A3) Unknown 100 100 7 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1414 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 2 (94) Unknown 100 100 581 (95) Unknown 100 100 24 (96) Unknown 100 100 1 (97) Unknown 100 100 17 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 48 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2934 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2358 (F5) Unknown 100 100 11312	63.2% Good	Read 504 Write 227 Mixed 297 75% 343 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 20.2 91% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 57.5 DQ Mixed 12.7 18% 31.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 17179869184 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 146030526498 (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 0	82.8% Excellent	Read 142 Write 146 Mixed 154 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.22 92% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 107%
SAMSUNG HM321HI 320GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 168GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	32% Below average	Read 75.8 Write 80 Mixed 63.1 93% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.23 47% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2400 CL16 4GB 2x4GB 1,620 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (90^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 28 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.4 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 95.8 42% 95.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 87%

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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 $84Bench 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 $73Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX 2x8GBCorsairBench 74%, 8,261 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	8x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16