MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 65.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	61.9% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170913
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 17:26
Run Duration	82 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	65.8% Good	Memory 70.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 214 73% 132 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 631 57% 480 Pts	64-Core 870 54% 870 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (A5) Unknown 100 100 458756 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 42 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 228 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 66 283469348895 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4294967297 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 19 (EA) Unknown 100 100 34 (F1) Unknown 253 253 33 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	61.9% Good	Read 477 Write 288 Mixed 237 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 9.68 82% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 53.3 DQ Mixed 10.7 17% 31.1 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2712000 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 2476 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (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 75 75 420806681 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 90194313241 (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 52428665782272 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3015422 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1796473	96.8% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 168 Mixed 166 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.24 100% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (96^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 27.9 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.1 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 80%

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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 $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