MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	38.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	202% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170510
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 29 '18 at 14:40
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 1500X-$131 70,038 User benchmarks, average bench 66% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	40.6% Average	Memory 58.2 1-Core 39 2-Core 64.4 36% 53.9 Pts	4-Core 125 8-Core 202 20% 164 Pts	64-Core 205 13% 205 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 046A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.7% Below average	Lighting 38.8 Reflection 53.3 Parallax 82.2 32% 58.1 fps	MRender 58 Gravity 57.1 Splatting 73.1 52% 62.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 2,358 Write 1,177 Mixed 1,291 354% 1,609 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 57.9 4K Mixed 18.6 112% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 85.2 DQ Write 82.7 DQ Mixed 19.2 32% 62.4 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 408GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 83993688 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1230 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 849699398 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27622 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 656 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 98 98 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 47 42 32251867103285 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 203 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26856 (C2) HDA temperature 53 58 47244640309 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 1440 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 13700945695561 (F1) Unknown 100 253 196127014507 (F2) Unknown 100 253 125202018949	82% Excellent	Read 147 Write 139 Mixed 162 113% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.36 97% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 112%
Samsung HD503HI 500GB-$41 8,190 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 118GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 85 84 4683 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4119 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 40126 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3930 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 46 43 244813856822 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 53345 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1240 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4160	58.5% Above average	Read 98.2 Write 106 Mixed 101 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.37 99% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 58%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 45GB free Firmware: 10.02E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 181 3775 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3552 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24424 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3408 (BE) vendor-specific 16 5 84 (C2) HDA temperature 63 52 84 (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 10 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	28.1% Poor	Read 48 Write 49.4 Mixed 48.5 37% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.45 106% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 2x4GB 13,047 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.5% Good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 25.7 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 15.2 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 133 30% 133 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 106%

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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 $109Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $381

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	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