MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	240% 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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170622
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 18:54
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 748 74% 602 Pts	64-Core 950 59% 950 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Lighting 80.4 Reflection 77.9 Parallax 68.2 66% 75.5 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 74 60% 72.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,707 Write 1,166 Mixed 1,329 380% 1,734 MB/s	4K Read 54.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 31.5 185% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 53.1 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 94.2 85% 123 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 711GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 173485340 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 218 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 14895153 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 341 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 204 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131332 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 52 554893345 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 219 (C2) HDA temperature 33 16 68719476769 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 1 173485340 (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 -59120224829102 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3792942959 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3922571103	100% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 170 Mixed 147 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.29 97% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 37.4 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 25 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 29.7 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 129%

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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 $179	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