MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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.
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 (13%). 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	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170303
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '21 at 06:54
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 70.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 75% 137 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 735 71% 585 Pts	64-Core 917 57% 917 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 147 Parallax 150 111% 144 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 141 Splatting 124 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 484 Write 433 Mixed 9.7 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.3 36% 8.77 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 92%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 14GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 140 140 144 137 142 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 428 Write 161 Mixed 214 SusWrite 141 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 36.3 130% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 169 134% 187 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 88%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 197GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 67 69 64 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 74.5 Write 63.1 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 67.3 47% 63.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 67%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 279GB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 178 172 165 173 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 154 Write 168 Mixed 117 SusWrite 172 209% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 98%
Seagate Desktop 3TB 219 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 2.5TB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 37.2 Write 37.7 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 39.3 48% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 116% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB 8,261 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 26.7 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 21.7 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 90%

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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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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $400

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 $177	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