MSI B350M MORTAR (MS-7A37)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.95% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A37
Motherboard	MSI B350M MORTAR (MS-7A37) (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170324
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '19 at 23:39
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (55^th 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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Memory 60.2 1-Core 77.9 2-Core 158 56% 98.8 Pts	4-Core 313 8-Core 562 53% 437 Pts	64-Core 851 53% 851 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7570 12,360 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 2B20) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	5.95% Terrible	Lighting 7.5 Reflection 7.38 Parallax 5.84 6% 6.91 fps	MRender 7.19 Gravity 5.27 Splatting 7.83 6% 6.76 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.95% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 385 Write 162 Mixed 240 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 41.2 143% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 194 141% 184 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$22 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 312GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 117 119 119 119 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 128 Write 116 Mixed 65 SusWrite 118 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-15- 2x4GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 27.2 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.1 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 127 32% 127 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 81%

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

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Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

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	58x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	79x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	47x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	19x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	13x

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Total price: $319

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