MSI B350 PC MATE(MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	51.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (49%). 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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170316
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '18 at 02:02
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 72.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 225 75% 137 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 679 66% 543 Pts	64-Core 905 56% 905 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.24 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 72 Reflection 70.4 88% 71.2 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Ultra II 500GB 3,299 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 465GB free Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 232 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 94 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5308466 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 69 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 622 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 48 206159872034 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 60130459662 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 524 (EA) Unknown 100 100 552 (F1) Unknown 253 253 542 (F2) Unknown 253 253 610 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	100% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 499 Mixed 492 112% 499 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 30.5 132% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 38.9 80% 160 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 623 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 403 (A5) Unknown 100 100 695827956281 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 27 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 66 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 52 206158430252 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 811757142205 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1073 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2666 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1714 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1659 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	51.7% Above average	Read 499 Write 60 Mixed 87.2 46% 215 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 5.39 77% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 7.67 45% 102 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 78%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 736GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 297 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 232 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 94 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 586 (C2) HDA temperature 112 106 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	101% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 158 Mixed 152 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.29 127% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3360320AS 360GB-$79 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 111GB free Firmware: 3.CHN Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8569 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 261443172 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10759 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8569 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 622329893 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 68719476773 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 71 59 185846308 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4974 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	34.1% Below average	Read 65.1 Write 53.5 Mixed 68.4 47% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.32 92% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 44%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW-SM/xD 64GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 53GB free, PID 0301 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 39 Write 26.8 Mixed 17.6 32% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.65 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 1.63 171% 4.25 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D2 2x8GB 1,659 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 28.2 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 23.9 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 95.7 42% 95.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 92%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 77%

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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 $95Bench 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 $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