MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics95.8% 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 Drive56.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200702
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 28 '21 at 17:45
Run Duration149 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU3%

 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 5 3500X-$160
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
90.8% Outstanding
Memory 75
1-Core 144
2-Core 286
90% 168 Pts
4-Core 572
8-Core 846
88% 709 Pts
64-Core 840
52% 840 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 90.8%
Great: 91%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
MSI(1462 C307) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11
Performing below potential (75th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
95.8% Outstanding
Lighting 120
Reflection 134
Parallax 122
98% 125 fps
MRender 94.6
Gravity 126
Splatting 113
92% 111 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 95.8%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE200 SSD 120GB
14GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM21.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 13 87 21 31 50 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
56.4% Above average
Read 382
Write 151
Mixed 193
SusWrite 37.1
42% 191 MB/s
4K Read 26.2
4K Write 90.1
4K Mixed 14.9
106% 43.7 MB/s
DQ Read 151
DQ Write 217
DQ Mixed 91.1
95% 153 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 56.4%
Great: 82%
SSD 480GB
196GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 365 100 104 100 116 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
43.2% Average
Read 346
Write 103
Mixed 85.1
SusWrite 197
40% 183 MB/s
4K Read 18.7
4K Write 20.6
4K Mixed 12.6
55% 17.3 MB/s
DQ Read 14.8
DQ Write 16.3
DQ Mixed 15.7
12% 15.6 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 43.2%
Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
715GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 195 199 200 202 202 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 185
Write 164
Mixed 80.7
SusWrite 198
115% 157 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 110%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below potential (26th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
79% Very good
MC Read 34.6
MC Write 20
MC Mixed 30.7
81% 28.4 GB/s
SC Read 23.3
SC Write 20.1
SC Mixed 29.8
70% 24.4 GB/s
Latency 90.3
44% 90.3 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 79%
Great: 106%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 216 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 46%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $366
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