MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics83.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive66.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180319
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 09 '18 at 15:15
Run Duration169 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
82.2% Excellent
Memory 79.7
1-Core 110
2-Core 227
77% 139 Pts
4-Core 455
8-Core 741
73% 598 Pts
64-Core 933
58% 933 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 82.2%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
83.8% Excellent
Lighting 107
Reflection 114
Parallax 111
87% 111 fps
MRender 93.5
Gravity 96.3
Splatting 92.2
77% 94 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83.8%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74
15GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)
66.6% Good
Read 523
Write 177
Mixed 237
68% 312 MB/s
4K Read 21.2
4K Write 58.5
4K Mixed 26.4
97% 35.4 MB/s
DQ Read 122
DQ Write 100
DQ Mixed 15.8
38% 79.4 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 66.6%
Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
111GB free
Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (20th percentile)
45.1% Average
Read 82.3
Write 75
Mixed 83.8
61% 80.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.32
4K Write 1.26
4K Mixed 0.41
82% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 45.1%
Great: 68%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 128GB-$13
116GB free, PID 5591
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
41.1% Average
Read 146
Write 68.9
Mixed 90.7
118% 102 MB/s
4K Read 3.99
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 1.03
94% 2.11 MB/s
Poor: 8%
This bench: 41.1%
Great: 41%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz
Performing below potential (91st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
101% Outstanding
MC Read 40.8
MC Write 37.3
MC Mixed 33.5
106% 37.2 GB/s
SC Read 23.4
SC Write 35.3
SC Mixed 27.5
82% 28.7 GB/s
Latency 81.2
49% 81.2 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 101%
Great: 105%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 131 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $414
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