MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.43% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	61.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '18 at 21:55
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 (91^st percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 75.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 228 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 690 71% 572 Pts	64-Core 925 57% 925 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 84F5) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	5.43% Terrible	Lighting 6.73 Reflection 7.15 Parallax 8.06 6% 7.32 fps	MRender 4.71 Gravity 7.23 Splatting 7.13 5% 6.36 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.43% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$26 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 96 96 83 72 75 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 418 Write 254 Mixed 238 SusWrite 97.8 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 20.7 106% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 33.9 64% 126 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 86%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 204GB free Firmware: 0003HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 70 71 72 72 72 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 67.5 Write 57.2 Mixed 38.2 SusWrite 70.9 43% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 43%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$80 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 272GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 64 65 65 65 65 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 65.5 Write 64.3 Mixed 42.2 SusWrite 65 44% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 41%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$24 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 118GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 88 86 89 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 113 Write 108 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 89.2 69% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x4GB 7,488 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 29.8 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 24.8 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 88.4 45% 88.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%

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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 $76Bench 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

Total price: $400

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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