MSI B350 PC MATE(MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	129% 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	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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 PC MATE(MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180502
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '18 at 06:37
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 74.4 1-Core 99 2-Core 190 69% 121 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 591 57% 468 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3176) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Lighting 81.5 Reflection 82.6 Parallax 80.3 66% 81.5 fps	MRender 78.6 Gravity 72.8 Splatting 65.3 58% 72.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB 759 User benchmarks, average bench 138% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 1,962 Write 167 Mixed 307 172% 812 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 28.2 119% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 80.6 DQ Mixed 17.9 34% 67.5 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 178%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 68GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3302 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8734 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1967 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 240 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3061 (C2) HDA temperature 108 98 35 (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	56.5% Above average	Read 97.9 Write 98.5 Mixed 109 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.2 88% 1 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 108%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 14GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 5.38 Mixed 9.68 16% 17.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.41 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.56 89% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 4,772 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 28.3 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 24.4 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 91.5 44% 91.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 91%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 41%

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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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance LPX 2x8GBCorsairBench 74%, 8,261 samples	22x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	9x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $336

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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