MSI B350M MORTAR (MS-7A37)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.5% 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	189% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A37
Motherboard	MSI B350M MORTAR (MS-7A37) (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170622
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	May 01 '18 at 03:35
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 74.6 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 210 71% 128 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 767 69% 580 Pts	64-Core 1,069 66% 1,069 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% MSI(1462 277C) 3GB CLim: 972 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.8.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Lighting 43.5 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 52.6 36% 42.4 fps	MRender 29.3 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 38.4 30% 35.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 2,005 Write 1,022 Mixed 1,142 306% 1,390 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 25.8 144% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 46.8 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 22.3 35% 63 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 236%
Kingston SV300S37A60G 120GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 92GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4126377 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -23158463659396 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 834 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 39 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 66 94493605923 (C2) HDA temperature 35 66 94493605923 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4126377 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4126377 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4126377 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3697 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2303 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2303 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2973	64% Good	Read 495 Write 146 Mixed 200 61% 280 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 19.1 98% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 40.2 58% 109 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 91%
Kingston SV300S37A120G 60GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 36GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3720701 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 105269648426303 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 991 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 48 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 61 90198310949 (C2) HDA temperature 37 61 90198310949 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3720701 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3720701 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3720701 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 616 (EA) Unknown 0 0 801 (F1) Unknown 0 0 801 (F2) Unknown 0 0 352	56.5% Above average	Read 459 Write 80.1 Mixed 126 48% 222 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 16.3 100% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 76.5 DQ Mixed 29.7 39% 71.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 56%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 745GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 610 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 404 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 503 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 601 (C2) HDA temperature 104 100 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	85% Excellent	Read 148 Write 148 Mixed 141 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.33 120% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 3,395 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 30.1 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 25.3 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 91.1 44% 91.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 85%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: MSI B350M MORTAR (MS-7A37)

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	183x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	77x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	59x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	79x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	47x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	46x

SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	24x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	32x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	19x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	13x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $319

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16