MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '18 at 08:27
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th 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 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 77.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 734 71% 581 Pts	64-Core 935 58% 935 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2114 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 76.7 Reflection 72.4 Parallax 57.9 62% 69 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 74.3 Splatting 72.5 60% 73.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 650 120GB 2,684 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: FXT01B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21004 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 168 (B1) Unknown 54 54 975 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 84 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34026939338	85.3% Excellent	Read 513 Write 426 Mixed 226 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 22.5 110% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 84.2 DQ Mixed 52.8 61% 108 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 84%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 356GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94024104 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 403 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 175295047 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 22849 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 320 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65543 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 61 571867162 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 66179 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 73014444058 (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 -90559385418854 (F1) Unknown 100 253 47054035732 (F2) Unknown 100 253 455041030892	44.4% Average	Read 66.4 Write 86.9 Mixed 39.2 47% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 5.37 4K Mixed 0.46 180% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GB 16,770 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 29.9 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 26.1 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 86 46% 86 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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