MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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 Drive	70.1% 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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '17 at 04:15
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X-$131 70,038 User benchmarks, average bench 66% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 76 1-Core 107 2-Core 200 72% 128 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 552 57% 458 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 141 Parallax 132 107% 135 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 124 Splatting 104 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1036 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 207 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8618705287 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 15 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 125 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 42 249108103209 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 558353219714 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1924 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3660 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2432 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2801 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	70.1% Very good	Read 511 Write 275 Mixed 443 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 6.53 88% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 2.89 54% 129 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 86%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 814GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896764086 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2864 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10299 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2770 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2868 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2868 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 184684380187 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	100% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 174 Mixed 154 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.15 74% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 107%

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 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 36 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 29.7 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 23.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 88.3 45% 88.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 104%

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Typical B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 216 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 46%

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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	52x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	37x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	32x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	15x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	15x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
MX500 250GBCrucial $40Bench 101%, 77,177 samples	6x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	7x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $361

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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