MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	196% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '17 at 01:32
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 68.6 1-Core 109 2-Core 202 70% 126 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 610 60% 489 Pts	64-Core 844 52% 844 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 204 Parallax 183 147% 189 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 184 Splatting 128 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,920 Write 1,183 Mixed 1,088 308% 1,397 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 20.1 151% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 46.8 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 18.3 31% 58.2 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 236%
Toshiba Notebook SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$117 2,938 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 825GB free Firmware: AUF01M Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2578 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3117 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 5135 (0A) Spinup retry count 162 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3082 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 132 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 979 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 228486 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 214749347870 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 607 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 270 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	66% Good	Read 135 Write 83.2 Mixed 103 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 23.8 4K Mixed 6.39 1,671% 14.2 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 22.9 DQ Mixed 6.41 118% 19.8 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2800C DDR4 2x8GB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 27.5 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 21 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 92%

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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	36x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	20x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	12x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	10x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	5x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	5x
SU630 240GBAdataBench 64%, 60,212 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	4x

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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