MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.6% 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	81.4% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A37
Motherboard	MSI B350M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A37) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '17 at 01:55
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 78 1-Core 123 2-Core 245 82% 149 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 751 76% 618 Pts	64-Core 1009 62% 1009 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (99^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (70 fps cap detected)	57.6% Above average	Lighting 71.4 Reflection 70.1 Parallax 61.3 58% 67.6 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 66.7 Splatting 69.3 56% 68.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4618 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 985 (B1) Unknown 97 97 55 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 45 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 200 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9332352228	81.4% Excellent	Read 517 Write 411 Mixed 416 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 17.3 115% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 36.4 DQ Write 66.5 DQ Mixed 16.9 23% 39.9 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 115%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 907GB free Firmware: CC13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 135859068 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2298 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37129966 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24765 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 748 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 17180131359 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 57 40 739475390507 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3150 (C2) HDA temperature 43 60 47244640299 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 19 135859068 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 69389491640533 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1900496177 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1284739474	52.4% Above average	Read 79.9 Write 103 Mixed 69.5 63% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.51 106% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 40GB free Firmware: HP73 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 170163504 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3955 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 40 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 4510865134 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9773 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2395 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4241770695 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 42 35050160167 (C2) HDA temperature 39 58 51539607591 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 31 170163504 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 40 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3	54% Above average	Read 94.9 Write 93.4 Mixed 86 69% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.33 73% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2x4GB 1,010 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 1067 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 41.2 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 33.2 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 25.8 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 84.3 47% 84.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 93%

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

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $295

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