MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	119% 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	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170913
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '17 at 18:42
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 80.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 239 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 903 82% 689 Pts	64-Core 1,321 82% 1,321 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 153 Parallax 131 114% 142 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 140 Splatting 114 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 1,191 Write 413 Mixed 579 159% 728 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 22.5 146% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 42.2 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 29.7 35% 59.3 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 141%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 41GB free Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6980 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1940 (B1) Unknown 91 91 104 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 470 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15988892222	67.4% Good	Read 509 Write 131 Mixed 141 56% 260 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 10.5 104% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 10.7 62% 149 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 73%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 199GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 919 (03) Spinup time 151 148 3408 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5077 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15974 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5003 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 785 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4291 (C2) HDA temperature 107 96 36 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 194 194 528 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.3% Average	Read 70.6 Write 69.7 Mixed 63.4 51% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.27 81% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 44%
WD WD15EZRX-00DC0B0 1.5TB 1,212 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 134GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 168 4216 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2244 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7337 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1754 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 367 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 174 174 78212 (C2) HDA temperature 116 104 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.3% Good	Read 136 Write 99 Mixed 113 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.17 84% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (92^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	101% Outstanding	MC Read 40.3 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 34 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 28.8 86% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

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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