MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	158% 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	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '17 at 04:52
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.95 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 79.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 242 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 942 85% 714 Pts	64-Core 1,268 78% 1,268 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 152 Parallax 140 114% 144 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 137 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 1,625 Write 419 Mixed 601 191% 881 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 53.2 177% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 109 129% 223 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 141%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 55GB free Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5948 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1672 (B1) Unknown 91 91 103 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 412 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15832519754	66.7% Good	Read 511 Write 133 Mixed 151 57% 265 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 10.6 102% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 27.9 69% 149 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 73%
WD WD15EZRX-00DC0B0 1.5TB 1,212 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 316GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 168 4291 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1664 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6026 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1509 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 326 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 47607 (C2) HDA temperature 118 104 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.6% Good	Read 93.7 Write 118 Mixed 104 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.19 69% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 83%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 129GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 204 (03) Spinup time 151 148 3433 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4826 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14661 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4755 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 737 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4088 (C2) HDA temperature 108 101 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 12 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.7% Above average	Read 90.5 Write 89.6 Mixed 69.4 62% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.26 78% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 44%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 32GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 38.6 Write 35.1 Mixed 24.4 40% 32.7 MB/s	4K Read 8.32 4K Write 9.9 4K Mixed 4.49 520% 7.57 MB/s	DQ Read 8.61 DQ Write 9.51 DQ Mixed 4.11 495% 7.41 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 1067 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 31.9 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 27.6 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 104%

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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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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