MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80% 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	75.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (29%). 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	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170316
Uptime	14 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '21 at 13:43
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 65.8 1-Core 84.7 2-Core 211 65% 121 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 747 67% 564 Pts	64-Core 1,078 67% 1,078 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Very good	Lighting 98.2 Reflection 112 Parallax 99.4 80% 103 fps	MRender 92.6 Gravity 99.3 Splatting 99.4 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 274GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 296 276 175 90 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 418 Write 292 Mixed 264 SusWrite 207 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 33.4 116% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 132 126% 199 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 202 201 197 200 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 168 Mixed 89.4 SusWrite 200 121% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 114%

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 below expectations (28^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 24.1 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 21.6 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 90%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 65: 8R 6G 7B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
65%	17%	126	269	206	144	23.8"	2048 1152	DELA0E7 Dell S2417DG

History: Score 35: 4R 4G 3B | Score 65: 8R 6G 7B

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Desktop 77%

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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 $76Bench 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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Total price: $400

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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