Test Setup
Benchmarks
Other Software
BIOS
The MORTAR B350M benefits from MSI's awesome BIOS which is easy to navigate to find all the settings.
Overclocking
In our attempts to overclock, we found that it wasn't quite up to the task of a 4GHz overclock with any real stability. though knocking the 1800X down to a respectable 3.9GHz was no problem at all. The voltage increments are rather clunky, jumping between 1.4375 - 1.5V, making it difficult to fine tune the voltage. Though, this isn't a motherboard that can be compared to the premium X370 motherboards where one would expect to be having a high voltage OC as a 24/7 solution.
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
Cooling Noctua U12S
Motherboard MORTAR B350M
Memory 2x 8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200MHz @ 2667MHz
Graphics AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB
Storage Corsair Force LE 480GB
PSU Corsair RM750X 80 Plus Gold Certified PSU
Cooling Noctua U12S
Motherboard MORTAR B350M
Memory 2x 8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200MHz @ 2667MHz
Graphics AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB
Storage Corsair Force LE 480GB
PSU Corsair RM750X 80 Plus Gold Certified PSU
Benchmarks
Cinebench R15 – CPU/OpenGL Score
x264 HD 4.0 – 1st and 2nd pass encoding
SiSoftware SANDRA – CPU & Memory benchmarks
POV-RAY – CPU benchmarks
TrueCrypt – CPU benchmarks
AIDA64 – CPU benchmarks & Memory
PCMark 8 – Home Suite & Photoshop
3DMark FireStrike – 3D Benchmark
Games – Rise of the Tomb Raider & Total War: WARHAMMER
x264 HD 4.0 – 1st and 2nd pass encoding
SiSoftware SANDRA – CPU & Memory benchmarks
POV-RAY – CPU benchmarks
TrueCrypt – CPU benchmarks
AIDA64 – CPU benchmarks & Memory
PCMark 8 – Home Suite & Photoshop
3DMark FireStrike – 3D Benchmark
Games – Rise of the Tomb Raider & Total War: WARHAMMER
Other Software
Temperature Analysis: Aida64 & Ryzen Master
Stress Testing Software: AIDA64 Stability Test
CPU Specification Monitoring: CPU-Z
Performance Monitoring: MSI Afterburner
Stress Testing Software: AIDA64 Stability Test
CPU Specification Monitoring: CPU-Z
Performance Monitoring: MSI Afterburner
BIOS
The MORTAR B350M benefits from MSI's awesome BIOS which is easy to navigate to find all the settings.
Overclocking
In our attempts to overclock, we found that it wasn't quite up to the task of a 4GHz overclock with any real stability. though knocking the 1800X down to a respectable 3.9GHz was no problem at all. The voltage increments are rather clunky, jumping between 1.4375 - 1.5V, making it difficult to fine tune the voltage. Though, this isn't a motherboard that can be compared to the premium X370 motherboards where one would expect to be having a high voltage OC as a 24/7 solution.
