MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 22:15
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 1800X-$60 30,050 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 74.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 927 82% 696 Pts	64-Core 1,284 79% 1,284 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2122 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.2% Very good	Lighting 84.3 Reflection 98 Parallax 79.7 69% 87.3 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 82.4 Splatting 99.3 76% 92 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 18GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -119142392779463 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2590 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 358 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 68 34364194844 (C2) HDA temperature 28 68 34364194844 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 92 92 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 35831 (EA) Unknown 0 0 29895 (F1) Unknown 0 0 29895 (F2) Unknown 0 0 24101	39.4% Below average	Read 176 Write 95.7 Mixed 107 28% 126 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 7.55 85% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 20.1 DQ Write 98.9 DQ Mixed 28.3 31% 49.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 73%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 1,586 Write 216 Mixed 172 140% 658 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 9.75 110% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 38.2 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 11.6 32% 65.8 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 144%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 345GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 71545275 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4018 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 915090068387 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16227 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4860 (B7) Unknown 73 73 27 (B8) Unknown 1 1 175 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 38 55836148461 (BD) vendor-specific 79 79 21 (BE) vendor-specific 70 46 505085982 (C2) HDA temperature 30 54 21474836510 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 17 71545275 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 80428 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -115659174287333 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3314967025 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1860218956	53.6% Above average	Read 113 Write 74 Mixed 94.2 71% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.32 80% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x4GB 12,708 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (97^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 27.2 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.8 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 92 44% 92 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 80%

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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
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	15x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	14x

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 $40Bench 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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $376

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) $30	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