MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.8% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170510
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '18 at 14:55
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 78.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 189 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 747 68% 571 Pts	64-Core 1,043 64% 1,043 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 330C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 119 Parallax 111 95% 116 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 105 Splatting 105 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 202 210 211 212 212 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 793 Write 678 Mixed 496 SusWrite 218 122% 546 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 34 4K Mixed 27 89% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 661 DQ Write 517 DQ Mixed 414 357% 531 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 144%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 198 200 200 198 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 146 Mixed 83.9 SusWrite 198 114% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	95.4% Outstanding	MC Read 40.6 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 31.6 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 23.2 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 83.7 48% 83.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 105%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 46%

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

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $361

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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