MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53.2% 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	214% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '17 at 10:38
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 70.9 1-Core 109 2-Core 191 70% 124 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 646 58% 491 Pts	64-Core 1,031 64% 1,031 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E353) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Lighting 67.4 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 81.9 55% 72.5 fps	MRender 65.9 Gravity 63.5 Splatting 55.5 50% 61.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 2,072 Write 1,203 Mixed 1,182 328% 1,486 MB/s	4K Read 50.9 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 39.8 179% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 54.8 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 23.5 34% 62.1 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 89 91586121 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1494 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 65 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 94569636 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22194 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 464 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 568 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 61 61 39 (BE) vendor-specific 59 43 103820099625 (C2) HDA temperature 41 57 55834574889 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 31 91586121 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -738734369324 (F1) Unknown 100 253 563435620 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1330894171	66.3% Good	Read 118 Write 113 Mixed 109 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.47 114% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 830GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 125065731 (03) Spinup time 99 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3799 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 174 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19603724 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22004 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 462 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BE) vendor-specific 58 42 163949707306 (C2) HDA temperature 42 58 55834574890 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 28 125065731 (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 109452946576531 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2180879206 (F2) Unknown 100 253 332531689	56.4% Above average	Read 91.8 Write 105 Mixed 95.3 73% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.56 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB 20,001 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 26.4 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 19.8 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 99.2 40% 99.2 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.2% 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 $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