MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	19.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	212% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 13:44
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 5 2400G-$135 127,344 User benchmarks, average bench 63% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 553 63% 493 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 11 (Ryzen iGPU) 44,235 User benchmarks, average bench 15% MSI(1462 7A34) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Lighting 23.8 Reflection 21.6 Parallax 33.5 19% 26.3 fps	MRender 17.3 Gravity 26.5 Splatting 25.7 19% 23.2 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,994 Write 1,171 Mixed 1,190 320% 1,452 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 39.6 168% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 96.8 105% 179 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 236%
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 63GB free Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1288 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 275 (A5) Unknown 100 100 790301704577 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 80 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 41 253403070512 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 10 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 549761515648 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 730 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1777 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1170 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1346 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	50.5% Above average	Read 485 Write 138 Mixed 134 54% 252 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 40.6 4K Mixed 3.91 63% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 3.38 35% 81.5 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 487GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 64 52158565 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 114 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 332260 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 160 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 112 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 588972067 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 113 (C2) HDA temperature 35 20 85899345955 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 4 52158565 (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 38177964294296 (F1) Unknown 100 253 942786594 (F2) Unknown 100 253 199805283	95.5% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 162 Mixed 142 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.33 98% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 32.3 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 25.2 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 25.8 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 110%

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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 $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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