MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics89.7% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180724
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 25 '22 at 16:42
Run Duration179 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 68%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 2700-$185
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
77.7% Very good
Memory 77.1
1-Core 109
2-Core 217
75% 134 Pts
4-Core 421
8-Core 729
70% 575 Pts
64-Core 1,085
67% 1,085 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 77.7%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.2.2
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
89.7% Excellent
Lighting 116
Reflection 112
Parallax 183
94% 137 fps
MRender 93.8
Gravity 131
Splatting 77.6
80% 101 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 89.7%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$88
86GB free
Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2,452
Write 2,268
Mixed 2,035
502% 2,252 MB/s
4K Read 64.7
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 82.3
262% 85.9 MB/s
DQ Read 857
DQ Write 558
DQ Mixed 731
539% 715 MB/s
Poor: 206% Great: 442%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
2TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 214 214 217 212 216 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
99.3% Outstanding
Read 132
Write 136
Mixed 68.1
SusWrite 214
100% 138 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0
90% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 99.3%
Great: 106%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
639GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 113 120 127 130 140 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
80.4% Excellent
Read 160
Write 161
Mixed 84.8
SusWrite 120
96% 131 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.2
221% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 80.4%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
86.3% Excellent
MC Read 34
MC Write 30.7
MC Mixed 28.9
89% 31.2 GB/s
SC Read 22.9
SC Write 30
SC Mixed 25.9
75% 26.3 GB/s
Latency 86.1
46% 86.1 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 86.3%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 950 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 46%
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Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 42%
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Motherboard: MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $366
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