MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 07:02
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 63.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 237 75% 139 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 766 76% 617 Pts	64-Core 943 58% 943 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 107 Parallax 91.5 87% 102 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 96.5 Splatting 97.5 78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 23208239 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -102048422939456 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 547 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 163 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 37 34362163227 (C2) HDA temperature 27 37 34362163227 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 23208239 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 23208239 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 23208239 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 33112 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18327 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18327 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8762 (F4) Unknown 92 92 16384250	50% Above average	Read 412 Write 109 Mixed 161 49% 227 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 12.8 78% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 64.1 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 9.56 31% 65.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 884GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 236223816 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4108 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 69272986 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15477 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 874 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 46 (BD) vendor-specific 79 79 21 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 505217053 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 80151 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 25769803805 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -15019500628825 (F1) Unknown 100 253 43836623647 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2524199344097	115% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 197 Mixed 190 148% 197 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.28 104% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C DDR4 2x4GB 245 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 1067 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.9% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 25.9 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 22.8 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 93%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	816x
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 $39Bench 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 $132	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) $34	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