MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	179% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180316
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '18 at 13:54
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 81.6 2-Core 163 65% 109 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 661 58% 493 Pts	64-Core 869 54% 869 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% MSI(1462 3411) CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1675 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Lighting 60.1 Reflection 64.2 Parallax 73.7 49% 66 fps	MRender 59.5 Gravity 57.1 Splatting 51 45% 55.9 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$100 2,434 User benchmarks, average bench 143% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: C2.1.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,592 Write 1,034 Mixed 1,321 292% 1,316 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 44.1 148% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 67.9 66% 106 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 181%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 3TB-$79 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 1TB free Firmware: CV22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 92 109647312 (03) Spinup time 93 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 65 65 36562 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42507357 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22530 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 67 67 34726 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 18 18 82 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065667 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 748 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 504561694 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 36584 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 68719476766 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	83.7% Excellent	Read 146 Write 146 Mixed 112 100% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.13 71% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 114%
Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB 750GB 31,958 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 642GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 89 3455 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3879 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11732 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2063 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 42 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 184684642331 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 19783 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 317 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 286906	51.1% Above average	Read 88.2 Write 89.8 Mixed 91.2 68% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.33 75% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 57%

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 (89^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 42.7 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 35.1 113% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 27.6 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	816x
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 $41Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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