MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '19 at 01:00
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	69%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 78.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 698 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 929 58% 929 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 75.5 Reflection 75.2 Parallax 65.8 62% 72.2 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 70.5 Splatting 71.5 58% 71 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A240G 240GB 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 16GB free Firmware: SAFM12.G SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 80 82 85 84 79 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.2% Above average	Read 234 Write 236 Mixed 224 SusWrite 82.1 44% 194 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 30 97% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 153 131% 192 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 92%
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0522A0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 352 Write 314 Mixed 50 173% 239 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 26.6 4K Mixed 0.9 1,413% 15.7 MB/s	DQ Read 97.9 DQ Write 54.7 DQ Mixed 0.7 230% 51.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 59%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 399GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 83 84 87 87 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 152 Write 145 Mixed 87.8 SusWrite 85 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 76 78 80 80 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 126 Write 112 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 76.8 72% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 882GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 81 84 83 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 190 Write 168 Mixed 90 SusWrite 82.3 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	91.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 33.3 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 24.2 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 83.3 48% 83.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 45%

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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	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 $400Bench 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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	5x
SU630 240GBAdataBench 64%, 60,212 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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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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