MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	238% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC(MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190708
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '19 at 22:18
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 68.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 282 88% 165 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 791 84% 674 Pts	64-Core 1,046 65% 1,046 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 120 Parallax 123 104% 123 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 121 Splatting 96.5 102% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 709 413 417 416 419 412 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 2,479 Write 1,575 Mixed 879 SusWrite 464 298% 1,349 MB/s	4K Read 64.4 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 70.3 286% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 642 DQ Write 421 DQ Mixed 465 365% 510 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 302%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$50 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 96GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 432 460 465 463 456 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 462 Mixed 436 SusWrite 455 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 58.4 189% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 295 241% 344 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 125%
WD Green SATA M.2 240GB-$76 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 76GB free Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 109 84 95 102 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 448 Write 395 Mixed 384 SusWrite 102 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 7.6 102% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 34.7 83% 168 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 537GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 127 130 130 130 132 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 178 Write 153 Mixed 82.6 SusWrite 129 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 145 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.1% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 25.9 66% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 24.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 110%

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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 $245Bench 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 $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	5x
SU630 240GBAdataBench 64%, 60,212 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16