MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics7.14% 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 Drive68.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit väriä
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170316
Uptime20.3 Days
Run DateJan 13 '19 at 16:09
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User FIN-User
Background CPU 76%

 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$225
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
75% Very good
Memory 69.8
1-Core 108
2-Core 185
69% 121 Pts
4-Core 431
8-Core 770
72% 601 Pts
64-Core 1,119
69% 1,119 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 75%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 260-$250
Asus(1043 8291) 896MB
Ram: 896MB, Driver: 342.1
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
7.14% Terrible
Lighting 9.6
Reflection 8.31
Parallax 4.31
8% 7.41 fps
MRender 8.62
Gravity 7.2
Splatting 6.04
6% 7.29 fps
Poor: 6%
This bench: 7.14%
Great: 9%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150
165GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M0CR040
SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 226 240 235 227 209 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
68.6% Good
Read 394
Write 421
Mixed 353
SusWrite 248
80% 354 MB/s
4K Read 18.5
4K Write 31.2
4K Mixed 22.6
74% 24.1 MB/s
DQ Read 339
DQ Write 326
DQ Mixed 324
246% 330 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 68.6%
Great: 99%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB
2TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 205 204 206 207 208 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
117% Outstanding
Read 202
Write 171
Mixed 85.5
SusWrite 206
121% 166 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 117%
Great: 109%
BUFFALO HD-PCFU3 1TB
893GB free, PID 02a3
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 38 39 39 39 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
19.3% Very poor
Read 37.8
Write 33.7
Mixed 23.2
SusWrite 38.9
45% 33.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 19.3%
Great: 47%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
76.8% Very good
MC Read 29.9
MC Write 27.9
MC Mixed 26.1
80% 28 GB/s
SC Read 18.7
SC Write 28.2
SC Mixed 21.4
65% 22.8 GB/s
Latency 102
39% 102 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 76.8%
Great: 90%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
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Desktop
Desktop 77%
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Workstation
Workstation 42%
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Motherboard: MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $399
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