MSI B350 TOMAHAWK PLUS (MS-7B36)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.01% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	207% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B36
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK PLUS (MS-7B36) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180130
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 21:13
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 75.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 207 72% 129 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 672 65% 534 Pts	64-Core 834 52% 834 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS 18,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% EVGA(3842 1302) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.01% Terrible	Lighting 1.07 Reflection 2.23 Parallax 0.47 1% 1.26 fps	MRender 2.52 Gravity 0.63 Splatting 1.61 1% 1.59 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 1.01% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 2,054 Write 1,210 Mixed 1,155 325% 1,473 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 36.7 161% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 34.6 DQ Write 77.1 DQ Mixed 19.6 25% 43.7 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 100 4873896 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 50 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 2832 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 45 (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 64 61 639696932 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 106 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 81604378660 (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 -118244744626174 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3079804 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2992383	96.8% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 172 Mixed 171 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.24 90% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 114%
WD WD1600HLFS-60G6U2 160GB 3,337 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 149GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 195 194 3216 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 45 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 43 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 55 44 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 45 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	66.5% Good	Read 117 Write 115 Mixed 103 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.51 125% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 1,518 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 30.6 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 24.9 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 89.2 45% 89.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 108%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: MSI B350 TOMAHAWK PLUS (MS-7B36)

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	17x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	6x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	8x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	4x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	3x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	4x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 500GBWDCBench 93%, 43,498 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	3x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	3x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	3x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $385

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 $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