MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	94.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170622
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '17 at 09:01
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 72.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 207 73% 130 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 623 58% 481 Pts	64-Core 860 53% 860 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 123 Parallax 112 100% 119 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 111 Splatting 96.3 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 785GB free (System drive) Firmware: 00.0NA00 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 1175 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 79 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 67 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 73 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 73 (C2) HDA temperature 114 113 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	60.4% Good	Read 105 Write 106 Mixed 92.1 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.29 92% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 462GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 1360 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 227 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 417441886 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13831 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 192 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 69 53 521928735 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 98784247839 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 31 1360 (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 84988812867083 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4133695568 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3530619564	56.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 94.7 Mixed 94.2 73% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.56 101% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 29.7 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 95 42% 95 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34)

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	222x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	109x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	89x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	100x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	68x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	34x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	31x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	28x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	25x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $371

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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