MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	207% 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	16GB 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 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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '17 at 03:11
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 81.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 896 81% 680 Pts	64-Core 1,282 79% 1,282 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 212 Parallax 207 129% 192 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 194 Splatting 137 126% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 2,046 Write 1,188 Mixed 1,194 325% 1,476 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 25.7 163% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 52.5 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 25 48% 92.3 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 388GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 82978403 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4182 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 59398437 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9468 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1128 (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 66 53 572456994 (C2) HDA temperature 34 47 77309411362 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 24 82978403 (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 135824045783545 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1287202235 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3346727803	63.8% Good	Read 120 Write 102 Mixed 101 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 206GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 212242899 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1921 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 638287483 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20318 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1921 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 69 2138926417815 (BD) vendor-specific 48 48 52 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 589299747 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 77309411363 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 23 212242899 (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 -134140418563073 (F1) Unknown 100 253 945985603 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2317488099	61% Good	Read 108 Write 104 Mixed 105 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.62 130% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 70%
Samsung HM121HI 120GB 501 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 112GB free Firmware: LZ100-08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 9 (03) Spinup time 252 252 2000 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4456 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 4699 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2325 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6455 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 380 (C2) HDA temperature 142 67 244814118944 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 882 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 252 252 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 98 98 2031 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 216072	33.5% Below average	Read 57 Write 59.5 Mixed 56.5 43% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.34 84% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3066 MHz clocked @ 1533 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 35.4 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 27.7 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%

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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	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 $40Bench 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 $273	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 $40	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