MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.3% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170919
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 22:07
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 (91^st percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 224 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 724 69% 573 Pts	64-Core 925 57% 925 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1635 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 46.4 Reflection 43.8 Parallax 39.1 38% 43.1 fps	MRender 35.8 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 35.6 30% 37.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 104508900 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 68453188772691 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 875 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 110 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 34 73016672283 (C2) HDA temperature 27 34 73016672283 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 104508900 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 104508900 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 104508900 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 60129542144 (E9) Unknown 0 0 37594 (EA) Unknown 0 0 29208 (F1) Unknown 0 0 29208 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8215 (F4) Unknown 90 90 19726637	61.3% Good	Read 427 Write 125 Mixed 169 52% 241 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 19 106% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 37.1 52% 93.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 758GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 136 136 34387263908 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2207 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9469 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 854 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2207 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2207 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 163209936929 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	82.6% Excellent	Read 155 Write 133 Mixed 154 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.18 76% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 34,561 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	MC Read 41.4 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 33.3 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 26.1 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 111%

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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%

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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 $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