MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	134% 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	259% 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.

Run History

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	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '18 at 15:02
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 83.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 891 80% 678 Pts	64-Core 1297 80% 1297 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3605) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 201 Parallax 183 154% 191 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 185 Splatting 130 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 466GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 342 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 71 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 37 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 48 223339610149 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2878477785 (F7) Unknown 100 100 90306831 (F8) Unknown 100 100 34168997 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4384 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	83.7% Excellent	Read 486 Write 340 Mixed 341 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 25.7 110% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 53.6 88% 173 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 105%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 434GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5776 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 440 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 16 (AE) Unknown 100 100 196 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 48 223339151399 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10792350232 (F7) Unknown 100 100 337672056 (F8) Unknown 100 100 200405028 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3590 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	83.5% Excellent	Read 489 Write 342 Mixed 341 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 24.9 109% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 47.6 85% 170 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 104%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 391GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,878 Write 1,294 Mixed 1,440 410% 1,871 MB/s	4K Read 55 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 35.2 192% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 96.5 100% 161 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 254%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 816GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 167 4300 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1831 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17447 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1314 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 278 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 150 150 152861 (C2) HDA temperature 113 105 34 (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	78.9% Very good	Read 139 Write 135 Mixed 138 104% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.29 104% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73 54,616 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 43.6 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 32.5 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 25.7 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 31.7 96% 33.5 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 129%

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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 $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 $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 $40	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