MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.5% 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 Drive	73.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

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	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 10:48
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.05 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 77.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 248 82% 149 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 958 86% 727 Pts	64-Core 1,344 83% 1,344 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1592 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Lighting 97.8 Reflection 95.6 Parallax 84.2 80% 92.5 fps	MRender 88.3 Gravity 85 Splatting 76.1 67% 83.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 24295376 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 38955353379342 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1267 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 300 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 35 30067064859 (C2) HDA temperature 27 35 30067064859 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 24295376 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 24295376 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 24295376 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13665 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11595 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11595 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8494	73.7% Very good	Read 515 Write 214 Mixed 296 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 21.5 122% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 72.9 64% 89.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 327GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 169 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2250 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5437 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1350 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 252 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1997 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 28 (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	78.3% Very good	Read 171 Write 102 Mixed 119 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.23 79% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 240GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 168 4033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 629 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1906 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 553 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 156 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 34617 (C2) HDA temperature 118 111 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	56.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 95.5 Mixed 91.7 72% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.23 87% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D26AFTA.16FBD 2x8GB 2,528 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 1200 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 31 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 27.3 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 85.9 46% 85.9 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 107%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

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