MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170727
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '18 at 21:19
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 73.9 1-Core 104 2-Core 209 72% 129 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 657 66% 536 Pts	64-Core 817 51% 817 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75.3 Reflection 77 Parallax 74.7 61% 75.7 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 68.6 Splatting 71.1 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1598 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 335 (B1) Unknown 91 91 45 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7438947836	69% Good	Read 477 Write 273 Mixed 275 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 46.9 4K Mixed 13.4 94% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 22.8 49% 101 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 110%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$37 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 61GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 139 4008 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2929 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11833 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2230 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 58 588972064 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 150 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2778 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.3% Above average	Read 87.2 Write 94.7 Mixed 93.8 69% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.52 115% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 29.1 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 23.2 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 92.8 43% 92.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 91%

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Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

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