MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	91.7% 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	37.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '20 at 15:47
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^th 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 below expectations (23^rd percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 66.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 214 71% 130 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 630 62% 508 Pts	64-Core 859 53% 859 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.7% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 148 Parallax 139 111% 141 fps	MRender 76.2 Gravity 53.3 Splatting 69.6 54% 66.4 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Galax TA1D0120A 120GB 4,895 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM71.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 40 75 21 4.3 13 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.8% Below average	Read 193 Write 103 Mixed 102 SusWrite 46.4 25% 111 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 43.5 4K Mixed 19.6 77% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 66.6 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 109 75% 91.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 80%
Intel SSDSCKKW512G8 512GB 674 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 360GB free Firmware: LHF002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 421 420 424 427 428 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 443 Mixed 432 SusWrite 424 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 55 178% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 250 196% 272 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 128%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 280GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 212 80 79 80 79 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 480 Mixed 404 SusWrite 163 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 46.3 160% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 292GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 96 95 95 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 150 Write 131 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 94.7 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D2 4x4GB 142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 1200 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.7% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 24.2 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 88%

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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 $45Bench 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 $269	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