MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.9% 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	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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180126
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 16:36
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 84 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 741 75% 606 Pts	64-Core 965 60% 965 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 3351) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 1802 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Lighting 44.8 Reflection 31.7 Parallax 37.8 36% 38.1 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 42.2 Splatting 37.8 32% 39 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,975 Write 1,198 Mixed 1,168 319% 1,447 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 24.7 158% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 89.7 100% 171 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 236%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 250GB-$50 5,775 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 66GB free Firmware: X61110RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1659 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 173 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4331733492 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10 (A9) Unknown 100 100 137 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 84 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 41 176094969886 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1099514904832 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1427 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3034 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2638 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4712 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	87.1% Excellent	Read 502 Write 352 Mixed 330 87% 395 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 22.3 121% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 41.8 79% 161 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 237252000 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 85 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15061684 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -119632019062069 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 81 (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 70 60 605814814 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 113 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 85899345950 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 84 64 237252000 (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 48893907698367 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6385020458 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4868752655	55.9% Above average	Read 114 Write 79.2 Mixed 58.3 62% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 5.45 4K Mixed 0.41 181% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 90%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 95GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 2175 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 281 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1398 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 192 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 348 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 30 (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
Poor: 50% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 17,279 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 43.2 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 35.6 112% 39.1 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 28.6 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 111%

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Gaming 46%

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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 $94Bench 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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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