MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.62% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 10:14
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 208 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 695 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 862 53% 862 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8572) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.62% Terrible	Lighting 4.13 Reflection 4.08 Parallax 3.44 3% 3.88 fps	MRender 4.52 Gravity 3.93 Splatting 6.13 4% 4.86 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.62% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 187 100 2747 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1209 (A6) Unknown 100 100 388 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 439 (A9) Unknown 100 100 37 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 425 (AE) Unknown 100 100 367 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 100 261993005097 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 14 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 90408 (F1) Unknown 253 253 18558 (F2) Unknown 253 253 22718	77.7% Very good	Read 493 Write 418 Mixed 452 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 5.27 88% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 31.9 65% 132 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 433GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 69 67 172813549 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4794 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 21475681786 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6765 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 581 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 65535 (BC) Unknown 100 100 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 64 454557723 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 47244640283 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 15 172813549 (C5) Current pending sector count 95 92 224 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 95 92 224 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -108838766244772 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4089186162 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1420425683	70.8% Very good	Read 130 Write 117 Mixed 125 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.77 135% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3400 C16 2x4GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 45.2 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 35.2 116% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 28.3 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 106%

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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	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 $45Bench 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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $366

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