MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.6% 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 Drive	247% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170510
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '17 at 01:38
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 75.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 76% 138 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 702 70% 572 Pts	64-Core 905 56% 905 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 112 Parallax 97.2 89% 106 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 97.8 Splatting 95.7 79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 2,243 Write 1,427 Mixed 1,205 358% 1,625 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 50.6 196% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 104 111% 186 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 225723488 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 36 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 301228 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 39 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 65 589234211 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 240 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 77309411363 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 53970559041553 (F1) Unknown 100 253 547309284 (F2) Unknown 100 253 63091091	93.2% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 160 Mixed 153 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.23 89% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 2x4GB 15,450 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 29.4 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 24.7 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 89.8 45% 89.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 90%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

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 $130Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	4x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

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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 $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