MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 144%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 152%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics162% 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 Drive49.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200702
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 30 '20 at 10:47
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
90.9% Outstanding
Memory 69.7
1-Core 156
2-Core 305
93% 177 Pts
4-Core 599
8-Core 1,129
103% 864 Pts
64-Core 1,486
92% 1,486 Pts
Poor: 76%
This bench: 90.9%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 457.30
Performing below potential (73rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
162% Outstanding
Lighting 218
Reflection 212
Parallax 259
178% 230 fps
MRender 275
Gravity 219
Splatting 168
174% 220 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 162%
Great: 174%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28
150GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0105A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 286 9.4 82 43 76 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
49.8% Average
Read 518
Write 446
Mixed 14.3
SusWrite 104
60% 270 MB/s
4K Read 33.3
4K Write 8.7
4K Mixed 0.4
56% 14.1 MB/s
DQ Read 243
DQ Write 122
DQ Mixed 1.4
49% 122 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 49.8%
Great: 100%
Addlink M.2 PCIE G3x4 NVMe 1TB
450GB free
Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2178 982 989 994 978 983 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
195% Outstanding
Read 1,191
Write 1034
Mixed 763
SusWrite 1,184
235% 1,043 MB/s
4K Read 17.1
4K Write 192
4K Mixed 32
169% 80.5 MB/s
DQ Read 57.5
DQ Write 1,068
DQ Mixed 1,357
815% 828 MB/s
Poor: 133%
This bench: 195%
Great: 287%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB (2016)-$90
3TB free
Firmware: CV11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 174 177 176 185 189 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
92.9% Outstanding
Read 146
Write 154
Mixed 70.4
SusWrite 178
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 92.9%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (21st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
69.4% Good
MC Read 29.2
MC Write 18.5
MC Mixed 26.6
71% 24.8 GB/s
SC Read 22.1
SC Write 18.2
SC Mixed 26.5
64% 22.3 GB/s
Latency 102
39% 102 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 69.4%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 216 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 46%
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Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $366
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