MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

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	20180316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '18 at 03:55
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 211 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 662 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 869 54% 869 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2765 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 160 Parallax 151 119% 152 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 146 Splatting 123 107% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU800NS38 128GB 7,443 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0125D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th 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 1555 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 579 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 38 (A3) Unknown 100 100 7 (A4) Unknown 100 100 47180 (A5) Unknown 100 100 102 (A6) Unknown 100 100 32 (A7) Unknown 100 100 93 (94) Unknown 100 100 76302 (95) Unknown 100 100 2271 (96) Unknown 100 100 2127 (97) Unknown 100 100 2244 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1500 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 34 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 91 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 181326 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 181326 (F2) Unknown 100 100 213158 (F5) Unknown 100 100 377440	76.3% Very good	Read 507 Write 316 Mixed 337 85% 386 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 24 104% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 34.9 49% 90.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 102%
Adata SX850 256GB 659 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 32GB free Firmware: Q0518BS Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^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 1379 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 319 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 54 (A3) Unknown 100 100 12 (A4) Unknown 100 100 14806 (A5) Unknown 100 100 81 (A6) Unknown 100 100 15 (A7) Unknown 100 100 29 (94) Unknown 100 100 20242 (95) Unknown 100 100 633 (96) Unknown 100 100 452 (97) Unknown 100 100 595 (9F) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1500 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 8 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1736 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 82 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 113913 (F2) Unknown 100 100 88919 (F5) Unknown 100 100 266508	103% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 485 Mixed 505 113% 504 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 37.4 139% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 80.8 96% 167 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 126%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 775GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2144 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3151 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 635 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 242 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26451 (C2) HDA temperature 114 103 29 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 630 (F1) Unknown 200 200 30715735977 (F2) Unknown 200 200 20384483833	104% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 184 Mixed 167 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.33 126% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73 54,616 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 45.9 MC Write 43.6 MC Mixed 37.3 121% 42.3 GB/s	SC Read 26.4 SC Write 42.4 SC Mixed 31.9 96% 33.6 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 129%

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

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Typical B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 3,073 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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