MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	258% 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.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '17 at 01:16
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 78 1-Core 123 2-Core 247 82% 149 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 785 76% 626 Pts	64-Core 1,016 63% 1,016 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 6154) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 1927 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Lighting 35.5 Reflection 27.6 Parallax 27.7 29% 30.2 fps	MRender 41 Gravity 35.2 Splatting 36.1 30% 37.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 2,758 Write 1,178 Mixed 1,346 386% 1,761 MB/s	4K Read 58.6 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 42.4 211% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 126 139% 235 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 95216584 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 158 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 472278 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 255 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 136 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 588709917 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 365 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 81604378653 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 49297634623724 (F1) Unknown 100 253 647255886 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8983901634	89.4% Excellent	Read 160 Write 152 Mixed 144 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	97.2% Outstanding	MC Read 39.8 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 31.8 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 36.1 SC Mixed 27.6 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 84.3 47% 84.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 110%

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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 $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