MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 13:08
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 71.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 220 74% 134 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 727 71% 581 Pts	64-Core 921 57% 921 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.7% Very good	Lighting 90 Reflection 101 Parallax 89.3 73% 93.5 fps	MRender 88.8 Gravity 84.3 Splatting 88 71% 87 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS120G32TND-N1A0A 120GB 398 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1510 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 426 (64) Unknown 100 100 4866286 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 91 91 98 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 63 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 33 (B2) Unknown 100 100 20 (B3) Unknown 100 100 94 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4434 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 0 55836999703 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 96 41 648 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4332 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5630 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2695 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1310922	95.4% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 430 Mixed 477 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 29.2 123% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 31.5 84% 177 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 624GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 184043728 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1498 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7059447 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1475 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 423 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 68 353435669 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7567 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 51539607573 (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 -85048942394686 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3775847963 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4101160412
Poor: 60% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 1,583 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 31.8 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 25.6 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 98.3 41% 98.3 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 109%

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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