MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.8% 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	107% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170920
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '18 at 04:54
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 70.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 203 70% 126 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 630 60% 493 Pts	64-Core 1,111 69% 1,111 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Zotac(19DA 1346) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Lighting 22.3 Reflection 17 Parallax 20 18% 19.8 fps	MRender 25.1 Gravity 23 Splatting 16.7 17% 21.6 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 365 346 332 313 263 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 455 Mixed 373 SusWrite 344 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 51.7 171% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 294 221% 295 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 131%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 859GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 463 464 465 465 466 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 470 Mixed 420 SusWrite 464 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 56.1 185% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 135%
WD Red 10TB (2017)-$419 1,763 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 105 108 108 78 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 129 Write 130 Mixed 75.9 SusWrite 104 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.7 222% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 757GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 171 172 169 168 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 139 Mixed 82.1 SusWrite 170 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 934GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 85 82 83 84 83 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 104 Write 94.4 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 83.3 115% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.2 35% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 59%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 3TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 142 140 144 145 139 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 133 Write 147 Mixed 92 SusWrite 142 175% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.2 217% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2400C15/8G KHX2133C14D4/8G 32GB 131 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	65.6% Good	MC Read 26 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 23.4 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 19.2 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 87%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 76%

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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 $82Bench 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 $129Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	8x

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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 $184	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) $35	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