MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.59% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78.9% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180126
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 04 '18 at 21:38
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 82.2 1-Core 107 2-Core 214 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 707 69% 566 Pts	64-Core 884 55% 884 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8572) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.59% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 3.96 Parallax 3.81 3% 3.96 fps	MRender 4.38 Gravity 3.87 Splatting 6.17 4% 4.81 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.59% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 43 100 2859 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1240 (A6) Unknown 100 100 483 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 534 (A9) Unknown 100 100 37 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 517 (AE) Unknown 100 100 370 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 100 261993005099 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 17 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 110726 (F1) Unknown 253 253 19109 (F2) Unknown 253 253 23515	78.9% Very good	Read 496 Write 424 Mixed 457 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 5.57 91% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 34.1 66% 135 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 211GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 67 0 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5028 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 53 53 21475881525 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6960 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 612 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 65535 (BC) Unknown 100 100 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 64 488112156 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 47244640284 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 15 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 95 92 224 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 95 92 224 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -129471789134539 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3424850630 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2984788721	62.2% Good	Read 120 Write 97.2 Mixed 92.2 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.79 134% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3400 C16 2x4GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 43.7 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 35 114% 39.8 GB/s	SC Read 24 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 28.7 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 106%

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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
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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