MSI B350 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	99.3% 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	88.5% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170410
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '19 at 01:07
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 62.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 72% 132 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 553 62% 484 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.3% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 143 Parallax 132 102% 133 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 128 Splatting 107 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$123 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0919A SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 163 198 186 198 199 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 485 Write 406 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 222 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 41.6 137% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 73.2 115% 217 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 114%
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 67GB free Firmware: Z32070RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 89 53 88 76 73 MB/s Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39.8% Below average	Read 278 Write 278 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 84.6 36% 165 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 0.2 37% 92.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 76%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$61 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 225GB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 406 388 403 399 382 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 412 Mixed 257 SusWrite 396 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 32.3 140% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 217 200% 309 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 119%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 123 117 119 118 116 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 44.3 Write 103 Mixed 54 SusWrite 119 59% 80 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D2 4x8GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 1200 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.7% Above average	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 20.8 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 16.6 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 120 33% 120 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 84%

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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	110x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	28x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	25x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16