MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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	212% 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

6 years ago, 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 @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 12:21
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 71.1 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 197 68% 122 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 748 68% 571 Pts	64-Core 1,075 66% 1,075 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53% Above average	Lighting 66.8 Reflection 66.2 Parallax 60.9 54% 64.6 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 61.6 Splatting 53.8 50% 62.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 2,288 Write 1,153 Mixed 1,241 343% 1,561 MB/s	4K Read 52.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 20.8 163% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 52.1 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 19.6 32% 60.8 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 1104 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1842 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 63 839145358 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 27080 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1769 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 97 60130459897 (BD) vendor-specific 78 78 22 (BE) vendor-specific 73 52 13372620827 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 316 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1846 (C2) HDA temperature 27 48 -140737488355301 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 6 1104 (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 63282048166431 (F1) Unknown 100 253 614098883 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1439176563	72.7% Very good	Read 125 Write 129 Mixed 115 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.68 116% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 75%
SanDisk Cruzer Facet 16GB 1,259 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 15GB free, PID 5576 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	8.83% Terrible	Read 23.9 Write 9.56 Mixed 10.8 16% 14.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.85 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.84 72% 2.74 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.83% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.1% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 24.8 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 98.9 40% 98.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 95%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

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