MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53% 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	78.1% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 16:09
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th 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 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 81.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 789 77% 632 Pts	64-Core 963 60% 963 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 78%

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: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53% Above average	Lighting 66.7 Reflection 68.7 Parallax 88.8 54% 74.7 fps	MRender 66.5 Gravity 63.6 Splatting 56.4 50% 62.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.6.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8604367850 (05) Reallocated sector count 87 87 2 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 22076131903151 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 478 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 142 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 49 55837786149 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 102 102 8604367850 (C4) Reallocation count 87 87 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 102 102 8604367850 (CC) Soft ECC correction 102 102 8604367850 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 30064771073 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2897 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3205 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3205 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6209	78.1% Very good	Read 501 Write 271 Mixed 321 80% 364 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 12.1 107% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 13.3 76% 172 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 90%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 224GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 523 (03) Spinup time 160 158 4991 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2487 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9215 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2428 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 319 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2482 (C2) HDA temperature 113 82 34 (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	60.9% Good	Read 116 Write 95.8 Mixed 91.1 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.34 109% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3066 MHz clocked @ 1533 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 42.7 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 33.5 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 27.4 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

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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 $40Bench 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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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