MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 112% UFO


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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.8% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 02:41
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 79.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 862 78% 654 Pts	64-Core 1,275 79% 1,275 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 204 Parallax 185 152% 192 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 189 Splatting 129 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 126GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18171 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 576 (B1) Unknown 98 98 25 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 103 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19210367369	102% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 410 Mixed 421 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 43.8 166% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 40.7 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 105 87% 120 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GB 11,477 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC8110D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2218 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 1 (B1) Unknown 100 100 801851 (B2) Unknown 100 100 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 1 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1536 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1223287 (F2) Unknown 100 100 637857	82.8% Excellent	Read 482 Write 423 Mixed 439 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 21.1 109% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.2 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 83.1 77% 111 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 101%
WD WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0 8TB 5,351 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 129 129 112 (03) Spinup time 165 165 21503345004 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 15 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 319 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 36 (C2) HDA temperature 216 216 184685101086 (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	94.7% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 154 Mixed 164 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 4.22 4K Mixed 0.52 183% 1.95 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 105%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2015)-$107 691 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3TB free Firmware: CC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 70932016 (03) Spinup time 91 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3774 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 275837567 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17972 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 464 (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 68 55 538902560 (BF) G-sense error rate 76 76 49623 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22931 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 68719476768 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 42 70932016 (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 -20207821114155 (F1) Unknown 100 253 112677145086 (F2) Unknown 100 253 622907723418	86.4% Excellent	Read 128 Write 173 Mixed 130 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.4 126% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 117%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 32GB 1,150 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 30GB free, PID 00d4 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	8.73% Terrible	Read 25.8 Write 11.9 Mixed 12.6 19% 16.8 MB/s	4K Read 9.35 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.31 47% 3.24 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.73% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3000-MR 2x8GB 3,342 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 30.2 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 25.6 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 101%

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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