MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	207% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	21.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 21:32
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 72.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 217 74% 134 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 809 74% 620 Pts	64-Core 1,191 74% 1,191 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 2,003 Write 1,218 Mixed 1,189 324% 1,470 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 30 152% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 97.7 93% 145 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 236%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 610GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 191636120 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 628 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2114621 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1144 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 306 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 59 555679777 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3595 (C2) HDA temperature 33 41 68719476769 (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 -98436355456251 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2116646694 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9911294301	78.8% Very good	Read 129 Write 144 Mixed 112 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 5.33 4K Mixed 0.58 191% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 111%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 596GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (03) Spinup time 87 87 4920 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 2953 (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 96 96 20732 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2291 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 1 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 54 471597084 (C2) HDA temperature 71 53 488308765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 67596 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	63.7% Good	Read 111 Write 111 Mixed 110 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.55 129% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 63%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 414GB free Firmware: SD28 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 167216737 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5048 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 789208516 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 33925 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4736 (B8) Unknown 59 59 41 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 40 27303696465955 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 523 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 50 50 101860 (C2) HDA temperature 35 60 -140737488355293 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 39 167216737 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	60% Above average	Read 108 Write 101 Mixed 99.8 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.32 83% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 3x8GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.6% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 24.7 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23.1 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 96.1 42% 96.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 91%

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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
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	15x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	14x

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 $40Bench 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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $376

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