MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.1% 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	78.6% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 03:45
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 964 85% 724 Pts	64-Core 1,334 82% 1,334 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1652 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 124 Parallax 114 102% 121 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 112 Splatting 104 88% 108 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15334 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2966 (B1) Unknown 96 96 45 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 64 56 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1106 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27106739050	78.6% Very good	Read 508 Write 352 Mixed 356 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 17 106% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 16.5 45% 96.4 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 373GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 99667272 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3531 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 157698942 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1416 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885164056 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 538902560 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 16 99667272 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 58 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 53180285074535 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3685527804 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1043788739	60% Good	Read 96.5 Write 113 Mixed 104 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.64 131% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 68%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 280GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 4233 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10333 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19668 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4724 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1372 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8960 (C2) HDA temperature 114 98 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 22994 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48% Average	Read 69.5 Write 97.7 Mixed 89.8 65% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.26 80% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 43.1 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 37.9 116% 40.4 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 41.3 SC Mixed 30.3 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

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Typical B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 3,073 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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 $178	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