MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% 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	94.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180319
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '18 at 05:54
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 77 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 76% 137 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 725 65% 547 Pts	64-Core 975 60% 975 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 150 Parallax 139 117% 144 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 139 Splatting 116 98% 120 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$45 6,819 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: V6005-a9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 691 Write 545 Mixed 540 132% 592 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 16 108% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 34.2 DQ Write 74.1 DQ Mixed 16.2 23% 41.5 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 140%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 697GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 172 1816 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1177 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8165 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1115 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 37802 (C2) HDA temperature 111 86 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	71.5% Very good	Read 123 Write 126 Mixed 117 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.22 105% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 71%
WD Black 2.5" 160GB (2010)-$50 2,106 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 149GB free Firmware: 12.01A12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 150 1250 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2396 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24174 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1300 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 81605627142 (BE) vendor-specific 62 48 38 (BF) G-sense error rate 13 13 87 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 200 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 91518 (C2) HDA temperature 105 91 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3285 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	46.3% Average	Read 83.9 Write 77 Mixed 79 60% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.35 102% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GB 46,352 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	46.4% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 15.6 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 86.4 46% 86.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 47%

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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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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