MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	46% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	1.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '17 at 18:18
Run Duration	287 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (43^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 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 68.2 1-Core 94.9 2-Core 186 65% 116 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 611 58% 478 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 41252883 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 135274289959411 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1128 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 218 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 38 43 81607196710 (C2) HDA temperature 38 43 81607196710 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 41252883 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 41252883 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 41252883 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10890 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7538 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7538 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19215 (F4) Unknown 97 97 7798880	46% Average	Read 496 Write 82.7 Mixed 131 51% 237 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 57.4 4K Mixed 8.34 60% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 76.2 DQ Write 96.8 DQ Mixed 22.3 35% 65.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 73%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 761GB free Firmware: 04.05G11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 12 (03) Spinup time 236 226 10175 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3708 (05) Reallocated sector count 185 185 114 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 44321 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 955 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3621 (C2) HDA temperature 117 110 35 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 6 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 16	45.7% Average	Read 83.1 Write 75.9 Mixed 88 62% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.32 95% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 61%
Maxtor STM3160215AS 160GB 8,567 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 120GB free Firmware: 4.AAB Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7106 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 510277535 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14609 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3905 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 48 622985253 (C2) HDA temperature 37 52 85899345957 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 82 63 172206478 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	30.4% Below average	Read 52.6 Write 53.2 Mixed 46.2 38% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.27 71% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 41%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 63GB free Firmware: 21.12M22 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 156 2908 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7796 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22600 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5389 (BB) vendor-specific 100 82 90 (BC) Unknown 100 96 12885098524 (BE) vendor-specific 67 47 33 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 864 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7871 (C2) HDA temperature 110 90 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 157 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 1 0	37.1% Below average	Read 64.5 Write 64.3 Mixed 64.6 49% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.43 110% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 59%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.86% Terrible	Read 28 Write 11.1 Mixed 8.31 16% 15.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.72 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 22% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 7.86% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 1x8GB 1,558 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.7% Below average	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 11.5 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 11.1 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 43%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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