MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	270% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170920
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '18 at 08:17
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th 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 3.95 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 82.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 241 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 906 82% 693 Pts	64-Core 1,325 82% 1,325 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 186 Parallax 193 142% 184 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 173 Splatting 123 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 249GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 2,800 Write 1,434 Mixed 1,473 418% 1,902 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 43.9 194% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 62.3 104% 204 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 30GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11649 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 817 (B1) Unknown 94 94 107 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 45 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 101 (F1) Unknown 99 99 37057909357	102% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 414 Mixed 422 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 42.4 164% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 42.2 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 91.1 80% 113 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 749GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 4200 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2978 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7212 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 477 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 165 165 106179 (C2) HDA temperature 117 98 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64.1% Good	Read 118 Write 105 Mixed 110 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.17 82% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 84%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 282GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 171 5625 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9849 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27142 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1813 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 276 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9849 (C2) HDA temperature 118 72 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.1% Average	Read 77.6 Write 75.8 Mixed 80 59% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.43 110% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3066 MHz clocked @ 1533 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 35.6 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 24.6 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 30.6 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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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 $90Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $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 $45	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