MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	90.2% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170303
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '19 at 12:59
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 71.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 228 75% 137 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 758 74% 606 Pts	64-Core 920 57% 920 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 430.97 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Lighting 67.9 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 59.8 55% 65.4 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 66.9 Splatting 69.3 57% 69.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 215 213 211 209 208 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 457 Mixed 295 SusWrite 217 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 39.8 144% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 239 196% 282 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 316GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 103 103 103 103 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 105 Write 100 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 103 68% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3000C DDR4 1x8GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	40.9% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 12.7 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 13.5 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 97.8 41% 97.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 54%

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

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34)

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	36x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	20x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	12x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	10x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	5x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	5x
SU630 240GBAdataBench 64%, 60,212 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	4x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $405

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16