MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.2% 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	57.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '17 at 05:39
Run Duration	296 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 78.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 81% 148 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 968 86% 727 Pts	64-Core 1,328 82% 1,328 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.3 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Lighting 66.9 Reflection 68.2 Parallax 84.3 54% 73.1 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 64 Splatting 56 50% 62.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 250GB-$89 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 774 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (A5) Unknown 100 100 13631654 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 215 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 70 300649545775 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 201864380463 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 478 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1214 (F1) Unknown 253 253 732 (F2) Unknown 253 253 610 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	57.5% Above average	Read 372 Write 94.2 Mixed 155 45% 207 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 15.2 100% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 44.5 68% 132 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 448GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 783 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1061 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2240 (C2) HDA temperature 109 100 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	103% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 158 Mixed 152 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.35 117% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 8GB-$7 16,591 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 3GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 102 Write 4.34 Mixed 7.59 29% 38 MB/s	4K Read 7.81 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.002 29% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB 20,001 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 31.8 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 27.4 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 83.1 48% 83.1 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 95%

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

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Gaming 45%

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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 $133	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