MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.3% 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	75.2% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '17 at 23:14
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X-$102 38,959 User benchmarks, average bench 65% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 74.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 75% 135 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 422 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Lighting 71.2 Reflection 70.8 Parallax 98.4 58% 80.1 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 58.2 53% 65.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC400 256GB-$35 2,939 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.W Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2551 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 347 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 914 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1835066 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C2) HDA temperature 72 54 197569675292 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7443 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5692 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6002 (F4) Unknown 100 100 28 (F5) Unknown 100 100 58 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1926464	75.2% Very good	Read 519 Write 312 Mixed 425 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 11.5 91% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 11.9 64% 148 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 602GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 169 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1248 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4852 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 599 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1254 (C2) HDA temperature 113 84 30 (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	91.7% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 154 Mixed 135 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.3 129% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 109%
ST1750LM 000 HN-M171R 2TB 329 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 608GB free, PID 0237 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 86.7 Write 88.5 Mixed 82.9 111% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.33 70% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSEK.8FBD 1x8GB 1,003 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	51.2% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 16.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 90.7 44% 90.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 52%

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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