MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	35.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

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

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A37
Motherboard	MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170726
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '17 at 11:26
Run Duration	309 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 70.1 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 194 68% 121 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 726 67% 559 Pts	64-Core 1,031 64% 1,031 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 140 Parallax 119 107% 130 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 125 Splatting 105 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1255 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 110 (A5) Unknown 100 100 897668284706 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 76 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 43 244813135915 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 412318892128 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 525 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2723 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1547 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1016 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	35.8% Below average	Read 483 Write 35.1 Mixed 230 54% 249 MB/s	4K Read 10.7 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 1.9 51% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 10.9 DQ Write 2.87 DQ Mixed 4.65 4% 6.15 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 86%
OCZ Vector 256GB-$240 2,095 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 32GB free Firmware: 2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16804 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11312 (AB) Unknown 80 80 36752720 (AE) Unknown 100 100 162 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 724 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 76 76 76 (F1) Unknown 100 100 34605 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11134 (F9) Unknown 100 100 8803084181	91.8% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 497 Mixed 503 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 24.5 106% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 94.6 100% 167 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 111%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3.5TB free Firmware: SC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 97998192 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3084 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 4338464298 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7340 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 86 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 55 437911578 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3086 (C2) HDA temperature 26 45 68719476762 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	96% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 153 Mixed 148 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.17 77% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 100%
USB Flash Disk 4GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 0727 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	4.93% Terrible	Read 19.3 Write 6.15 Mixed 6.97 11% 10.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.15 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.02 13% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.93% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.1% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 26.5 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 21.9 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 110%

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Typical B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37) Builds (Compare 266 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

Yacht

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 $70Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX 2x8GBCorsairBench 74%, 8,261 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	8x

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Total price: $294

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16