MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.3% 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	79.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170919
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '18 at 02:25
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 72.9 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 205 70% 125 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 640 63% 515 Pts	64-Core 845 52% 845 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 68 Parallax 169 84% 113 fps	MRender 85.3 Gravity 116 Splatting 124 91% 108 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8690 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1427 (B1) Unknown 88 88 253 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 42 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 206 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24611994149	79.5% Very good	Read 502 Write 405 Mixed 417 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 19.2 105% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 20.3 35% 65.6 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 124%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 58GB free Firmware: 4.AAA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3318 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 393558307 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17563 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3330 (BB) vendor-specific 51 51 49 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 34 396245270564 (C2) HDA temperature 36 66 64424509476 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 82 61 91792198 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 350 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	40.8% Average	Read 75.1 Write 67.1 Mixed 78.1 56% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.28 71% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 33.3 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23.9 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 94.8 42% 94.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	820x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	340x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	269x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	327x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	265x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $461

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16