MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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	254% 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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170510
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '18 at 22:17
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 86.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 243 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 939 84% 709 Pts	64-Core 1,345 83% 1,345 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 195 Parallax 196 145% 190 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 181 Splatting 125 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% 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% 375GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 2,737 Write 1,337 Mixed 1,379 399% 1,818 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 34.5 180% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 91.8 104% 178 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 80 213760016 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1949 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 69663360 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 14935 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1866 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 22291 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 76 76 24 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 4866768928 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 225 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 62 62 77686 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 -140737488355296 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 97 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 97 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 17428977297945 (F1) Unknown 100 253 40524178522 (F2) Unknown 100 253 101432637327	83.9% Excellent	Read 155 Write 137 Mixed 160 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.37 102% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73 54,616 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 44 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 32.2 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 26 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 30.2 93% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 129%

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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 $129Bench 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: $399

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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