MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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	81.7% 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	243% 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 06:32
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 82.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 911 82% 689 Pts	64-Core 1,283 79% 1,283 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.7% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 113 Parallax 95.3 82% 103 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 95.4 Splatting 100 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 396GB free Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3230 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 870 (A5) Unknown 100 100 68732780704 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 420 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 90 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 66 283469086750 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 193278181447 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2690 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3292 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3125 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7268 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	72.9% Very good	Read 498 Write 353 Mixed 341 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 19.5 96% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 45.1 41% 60.4 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 108%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,791 Write 1,428 Mixed 1,507 420% 1,909 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 22.7 142% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 44.9 DQ Write 94.2 DQ Mixed 62 49% 67 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 254%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 195GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 128 100 2432 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2338 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1061 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1112 (A9) Unknown 100 100 60 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1099 (AE) Unknown 100 100 454 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 100 223338299431 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 36 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 232147 (F1) Unknown 253 253 19899 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16011	71.2% Very good	Read 497 Write 371 Mixed 410 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 4.45 82% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 24.9 51% 102 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76986760 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7305 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 83775197 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14593 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3224 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131075 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 812287524896 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 462 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 42 42 117834 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 -140737488355296 (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 60717952670170 (F1) Unknown 100 253 35692473543 (F2) Unknown 100 253 50129245635	108% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 191 Mixed 176 138% 184 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.4 108% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 406GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 4225 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5856 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8056 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2069 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 420 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 41119 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 31 (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	60.4% Good	Read 108 Write 102 Mixed 106 80% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.21 98% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 84%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 6,017 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 643GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 97 Write 93 Mixed 73.9 111% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.2 62% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 43.3 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 32.5 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 24.4 SC Write 41 SC Mixed 28.4 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%

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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 $179	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