MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	123% 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	41.1% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '17 at 18:04
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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 7 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 77.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 218 75% 135 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 833 74% 626 Pts	64-Core 1,190 74% 1,190 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 196 Parallax 170 135% 177 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 183 Splatting 125 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 20438674 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 -128977867882244 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2782 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 285 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 51 64427851804 (C2) HDA temperature 28 51 64427851804 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 20438674 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 20438674 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 20438674 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23452 (EA) Unknown 0 0 21935 (F1) Unknown 0 0 21935 (F2) Unknown 0 0 29235	41.1% Average	Read 147 Write 148 Mixed 125 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 7.67 85% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 16.9 DQ Write 83.4 DQ Mixed 3.65 16% 34.7 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 85%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 131 131 34388115895 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1061 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4997 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 458 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1062 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1062 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 253404184607 (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 200 200 0	90.2% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 146 Mixed 120 108% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.19 75% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 108%
WD WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB 3,103 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 207GB free Firmware: 21.00M21 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 178 5825 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17587 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 44812 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7571 (BE) vendor-specific 65 38 35 (C2) HDA temperature 115 88 35 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	19.8% Very poor	Read 31.4 Write 37.2 Mixed 38.5 27% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.3 80% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	94.5% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 30.9 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 27.6 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 85.2 47% 85.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 110%

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Gaming 45%

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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 $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