MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '17 at 14:24
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 1500X-$131 70,038 User benchmarks, average bench 66% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 74.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 209 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 621 60% 496 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Lighting 22.6 Reflection 15.4 Parallax 19.2 18% 19 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 15.2 Splatting 19.5 13% 15.7 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7776 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8021 (B1) Unknown 94 94 64 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 72 50 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 48 (EB) Unknown 99 99 371 (F1) Unknown 99 99 46953390432	77.8% Very good	Read 501 Write 347 Mixed 351 88% 400 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 49.2 4K Mixed 20.7 106% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 95.1 DQ Mixed 46.7 54% 93.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 118%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 216GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 98 (03) Spinup time 123 123 25789530424 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1615 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1500 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1483 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1615 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1615 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 201864249371 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 109	48.3% Average	Read 83.5 Write 84.6 Mixed 79.4 62% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.42 96% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 74%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 23GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 89 3056 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7096 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2919 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3880 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 107 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 188979281943 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 114 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 87975	32.2% Below average	Read 55.9 Write 56.1 Mixed 56.1 42% 56.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.31 81% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 59%
TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100 1TB 380 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 20GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 53.8 Write 51.8 Mixed 37.2 60% 47.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.19 19% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C17 2x4GB 823 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 30.1 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 24.3 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 91.3 44% 91.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 90%

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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 $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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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