MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	49.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '17 at 15:53
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 77.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 230 76% 138 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 743 73% 597 Pts	64-Core 942 58% 942 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1065 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 667 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1138224923424 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 30 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13 (AE) Unknown 100 100 134 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 46 231928234028 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1142473883914 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3238 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7481 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4291 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6140 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	49.8% Average	Read 485 Write 164 Mixed 245 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 0.02 54% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 3.87 38% 90.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 54237272 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1047 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18507567 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2365 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 295 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 60 43 43623383080 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11156 (C2) HDA temperature 40 57 55834574888 (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 -42004780154127 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13807108179 (F2) Unknown 100 253 199145374373	99.7% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 163 Mixed 167 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.22 75% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 93GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 59470242 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7564 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 81069240 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13012 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2951 (B7) Unknown 92 92 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 541174202505 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 48 656801831 (C2) HDA temperature 39 52 51539607591 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 23 59470242 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 24 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 36584531452846 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2004058168 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3505183921	55.4% Above average	Read 105 Write 87.8 Mixed 104 75% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.34 80% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 1x8GB-$25 19,648 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	47.7% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 14.8 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 17.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 86 46% 86 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 47%

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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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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