MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 61.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170215
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '17 at 15:30
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Memory 67.1 1-Core 88.9 2-Core 166 61% 107 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 589 53% 445 Pts	64-Core 1,056 65% 1,056 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 182 Parallax 168 111% 162 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 165 Splatting 120 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 511GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3654 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 263 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 48 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 61 167504642081 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 14019683681 (F7) Unknown 100 100 439849507 (F8) Unknown 100 100 197807019 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4436 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	73.9% Very good	Read 470 Write 334 Mixed 338 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 20.8 90% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 46 68% 129 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 62331144 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 312 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11396395 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3675 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 262 (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 70 66 521142302 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21460 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 60129542174 (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 117832427768144 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9025415504 (F2) Unknown 100 253 133095875470	98.1% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 160 Mixed 155 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.19 72% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator 2x8GB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 24.6 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 22.3 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $274	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 $184	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