MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	27.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170622
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '17 at 22:12
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 3.7 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	40.5% Average	Memory 56.9 1-Core 41.2 2-Core 77.5 37% 58.5 Pts	4-Core 131 8-Core 256 23% 194 Pts	64-Core 335 21% 335 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Gigabyte(1458 22FB) 2GB CLim: 1300 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Lighting 34.2 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 41.8 28% 36.2 fps	MRender 32 Gravity 32.4 Splatting 36 28% 33.5 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 402GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 282 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 97 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 196 196 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C2) HDA temperature 62 55 193274839078 (F1) Unknown 100 100 27639	63.8% Good	Read 498 Write 326 Mixed 349 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 35.8 4K Mixed 9.73 69% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 70.5 DQ Mixed 38.7 44% 76.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 457GB free Firmware: KC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 99379984 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 222 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 253580932 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15559 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 42 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 46 622395424 (C2) HDA temperature 32 54 64424509472 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 26 99379984 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 67929202769159 (F1) Unknown 100 253 992136086 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4036554555	69.8% Good	Read 122 Write 122 Mixed 113 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.82 144% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 33.9 98% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 18.8 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 137 29% 137 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 110%

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

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34)

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	52x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	37x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	32x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	15x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	15x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
MX500 250GBCrucial $40Bench 101%, 77,177 samples	6x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	7x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $381

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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