MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics99.8% 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 Drive54.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory8GB 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 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)
Memory5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180502
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateJul 01 '18 at 16:39
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
79.5% Very good
Memory 73.6
1-Core 123
2-Core 244
80% 147 Pts
4-Core 458
8-Core 776
75% 617 Pts
64-Core 1,007
62% 1,007 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 79.5%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
99.8% Outstanding
Lighting 130
Reflection 137
Parallax 130
106% 132 fps
MRender 96.9
Gravity 124
Splatting 105
89% 108 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 99.8%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SSD 120GB
74GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFMB1.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 141 135 137 135 136 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
54.3% Above average
Read 306
Write 155
Mixed 206
SusWrite 148
45% 204 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 47.9
4K Mixed 24.1
100% 33.7 MB/s
DQ Read 57.2
DQ Write 59.8
DQ Mixed 52.5
41% 56.5 MB/s
Poor: 37%
This bench: 54.3%
Great: 94%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 477GB
142GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 103 117 115 115 117 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
49.4% Average
Read 405
Write 167
Mixed 140
SusWrite 124
46% 209 MB/s
4K Read 14.9
4K Write 86.5
4K Mixed 0.2
69% 33.9 MB/s
DQ Read 147
DQ Write 180
DQ Mixed 10.2
50% 113 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 49.4%
Great: 110%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45
742GB free
Firmware: MS2OA8J0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 154 155 163 165 165 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
93.4% Outstanding
Read 168
Write 166
Mixed 20.3
SusWrite 158
92% 128 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 93.4%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (44th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
80.1% Excellent
MC Read 30.7
MC Write 29.9
MC Mixed 26.8
83% 29.1 GB/s
SC Read 20.4
SC Write 27.3
SC Mixed 22.9
67% 23.5 GB/s
Latency 93.2
43% 93.2 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 80.1%
Great: 112%

 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: 90% - Outstanding Total price: $361
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