MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	253% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 21:15
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 72.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 75% 137 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 855 78% 653 Pts	64-Core 1,237 76% 1,237 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1340 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.3.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Lighting 74.6 Reflection 69.9 Parallax 84.9 61% 76.5 fps	MRender 64.8 Gravity 69.3 Splatting 56.5 51% 63.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,881 Write 1,412 Mixed 1,516 425% 1,937 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 24.6 151% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 86.2 90% 148 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 254%
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 112GB free Firmware: S9FM01.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5744 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1283 (A2) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 80 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4980977 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5071 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1585	44.6% Average	Read 251 Write 76.2 Mixed 162 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 57.4 4K Mixed 6.95 85% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 2.72 40% 97 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 84%
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 86GB free Firmware: O0803B5a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 589 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 724 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 183 (A3) Unknown 100 100 16 (A4) Unknown 100 100 64668 (A5) Unknown 100 100 99 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 21 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 78 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 200 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 186975 (F2) Unknown 100 100 183023 (F5) Unknown 100 100 258672	72.2% Very good	Read 492 Write 263 Mixed 263 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 39.7 4K Mixed 23.2 102% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 94.4 DQ Mixed 46.3 57% 103 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 92%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 270GB free Firmware: JP4OA3GC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 96 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 100 91 (03) Spinup time 120 100 12905677115 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5113 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 100 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16006 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3412 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 65536 (BC) Unknown 100 84 135969 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 47 555810849 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5123 (C2) HDA temperature 181 113 227634249761 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	60% Good	Read 115 Write 94.4 Mixed 126 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.29 73% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D2 4x4GB 142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 28.1 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 25.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 96.4 42% 96.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 88%

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

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	817x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	339x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	269x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	326x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	265x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	78x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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