MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 68.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	56.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	114% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170622
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '17 at 05:07
Run Duration	97 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	68.8% Good	Memory 67.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 206 70% 126 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 714 65% 544 Pts	64-Core 1,110 69% 1,110 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.3% Above average	Lighting 76.7 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 33.9 62% 59.5 fps	MRender 57.7 Gravity 35.1 Splatting 64.9 44% 52.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 66%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 2,200 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 1,187 Write 553 Mixed 675 177% 805 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 15.4 99% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 30.6 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 15.4 32% 60.8 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 13,788 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.1% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 23.3 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 94%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 216 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 46%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

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
RX 580AMD $140Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	15x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	15x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 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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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