MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	12.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	82.4% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '18 at 16:47
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	30%

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 3 2200G-$104 181,631 User benchmarks, average bench 60% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	70% Good	Memory 76.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 222 75% 136 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 426 51% 390 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU) 85,536 User benchmarks, average bench 10% MSI(1462 7A34) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Lighting 15.1 Reflection 16.1 Parallax 19.6 12% 16.9 fps	MRender 14.1 Gravity 14.3 Splatting 18.9 13% 15.8 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 SSD 120GB 688 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0627A0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^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 13 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 16 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3452 (A5) Unknown 100 100 15 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 7 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 493 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7177 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5944 (F5) Unknown 100 100 5850	82.4% Excellent	Read 502 Write 420 Mixed 463 103% 461 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 8.01 100% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 9.5 60% 136 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 88%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 168 6150 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1737 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3046 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 917 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 33771 (C2) HDA temperature 128 109 22 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	29.9% Poor	Read 50.4 Write 53.6 Mixed 55.8 40% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.16 70% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 65%
KINGSTON SA400S37120 120GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 49GB free, PID 0237 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 218 Write 144 Mixed 223 244% 195 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 26.2 4K Mixed 5.52 1,153% 17.1 MB/s	DQ Read 20.6 DQ Write 51 DQ Mixed 6.38 2,028% 26 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 192%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D26BFSC.8FD2 2x4GB 585 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 31.8 96% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 87.2 46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 98%

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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

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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