MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170913
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '17 at 11:16
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 1500X-$131 70,038 User benchmarks, average bench 66% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 75.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 76% 138 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 568 59% 475 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2087 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 387.68 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 76.9 Reflection 73.8 Parallax 65.8 63% 72.2 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 72.8 Splatting 74 60% 73.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 142GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1232 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 426 (64) Unknown 100 100 921760 (65) Unknown 100 100 261536 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 103 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 271 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1335 (B7) Unknown 99 99 6 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 100 188979609626 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1437 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1187 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1277 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3211 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1	64.5% Good	Read 480 Write 259 Mixed 268 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 35.1 4K Mixed 11.2 73% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 25 63% 136 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 88%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 16748511 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 139337329019444 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1311 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 566 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 46 60132556827 (C2) HDA temperature 27 46 60132556827 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 16748511 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 16748511 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 16748511 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 38654705665 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5301 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3692 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3692 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4549 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3276837	55.5% Above average	Read 422 Write 127 Mixed 164 52% 238 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 14.2 94% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 34.5 41% 67.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 73%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 40.8 Write 37.6 Mixed 36.9 29% 38.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.24 92% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	85% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 29.9 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 23.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 89.2 45% 89.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 90%

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

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

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 $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