MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.7% 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	53.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170622
Uptime	10.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '17 at 17:29
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 79.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 775 77% 626 Pts	64-Core 981 61% 981 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1547 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 117 Parallax 105 88% 110 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 99.3 Splatting 89.9 78% 95.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6116 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1184 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 22 (AD) Unknown 100 100 107151679 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19770496	53.2% Above average	Read 423 Write 134 Mixed 170 53% 242 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 5.32 86% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 76.9 DQ Mixed 0.92 28% 68.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 83%
Seagate ST640LM001 HN-M640MBB 640GB 1,107 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 562GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 18634 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 75 3474 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7530 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8222 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 209 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4776 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1610027 (B7) Unknown 252 252 0 (B8) Unknown 252 252 0 (BA) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 15951 (BC) Unknown 100 100 98 (BE) vendor-specific 79 40 261993791509 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 942 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 82894 (C2) HDA temperature 64 40 261993791509 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 99 251 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 7996	53.2% Above average	Read 90.8 Write 94.7 Mixed 86.8 68% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.27 78% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 52%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 365GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1167 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5138 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 995 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 129 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1037 (C2) HDA temperature 122 98 21 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	94.3% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 150 Mixed 151 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.25 104% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 4,255 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 584GB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 98.7 Write 94.4 Mixed 59.1 104% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.2 63% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 31.8 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 25.7 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 104%

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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	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
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	15x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	14x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 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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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $376

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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