MSI B350 PC MATE(MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.1% 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	103% 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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 PC MATE(MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170509
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '17 at 18:03
Run Duration	332 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 74.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 217 74% 134 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 656 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 887 55% 887 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1581 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	15.1% Very poor	Lighting 20.6 Reflection 20.2 Parallax 15.5 17% 18.8 fps	MRender 5.62 Gravity 19 Splatting 17.3 12% 14 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6459 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 874 (B1) Unknown 95 95 87 (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 56 43 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 148 (EB) Unknown 99 99 200 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27410972490	103% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 408 Mixed 417 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 41.9 154% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 107 116% 196 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 163GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 167 2358 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2589 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6276 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 777 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 241 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2352 (C2) HDA temperature 110 103 33 (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	86% Excellent	Read 147 Write 153 Mixed 136 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.28 96% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 5,405 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 22.3 Write 3.43 Mixed 5.44 10% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.48 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.75 100% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 2x4GB 15,450 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 29.3 90% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 24.5 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 90.9 44% 90.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 90%

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

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Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B350 PC MATE(MS-7A34)

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	88x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	33x
Ryzen 5 1500XAMD $131Bench 66%, 70,038 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	39x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	25x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance LPX 2x8GBCorsairBench 74%, 8,261 samples	22x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	10x

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Total price: $321

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16