MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.1% 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	207% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '20 at 06:04
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 210 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 691 67% 548 Pts	64-Core 869 54% 869 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.7.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 98.3 Parallax 198 100% 140 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 111 Splatting 139 98% 117 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB 40,637 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2246 1227 640 327 700 872 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,096 Write 1,075 Mixed 1,244 SusWrite 1,002 249% 1,104 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 67.2 222% 78.1 MB/s	DQ Read 800 DQ Write 652 DQ Mixed 762 560% 738 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 284%
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 50GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 15 360 466 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 502 Write 16.5 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 148 37% 175 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 15.1 4K Mixed 17.8 91% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 72 DQ Write 22.6 DQ Mixed 21.5 23% 38.7 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 836GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 147 149 148 146 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 157 Write 126 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 148 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 114%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 8GB 1,804 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 8GB free, PID 005b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.2 5.3 5.1 4.9 5.4 5.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	5.78% Terrible	Read 20.8 Write 2.7 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 5 9% 8.43 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.78% Great: 8%

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 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 33.3 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 38.3 SC Mixed 27.7 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%

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Typical B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 132 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	22x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	13x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	10x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX 2x8GBCorsairBench 74%, 8,261 samples	5x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $414

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	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