MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.9% 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	219% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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, 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	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180316
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 07 '18 at 00:32
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th 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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 73.9 1-Core 97.6 2-Core 195 69% 122 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 780 68% 581 Pts	64-Core 1,075 66% 1,075 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E270) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Lighting 39.3 Reflection 35.3 Parallax 45.2 32% 39.9 fps	MRender 30.8 Gravity 32.7 Splatting 40 29% 34.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 2,775 Write 1,105 Mixed 1,289 377% 1,723 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 21.3 132% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 43.4 DQ Write 71.2 DQ Mixed 19.5 25% 44.7 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 236%
P3-128 128GB 3,189 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 69GB free Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 100 100 980 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 0 (A3) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 4114 (A5) Unknown 100 100 14 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3144 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19113 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12086	74.3% Very good	Read 489 Write 350 Mixed 436 95% 425 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 14.1 97% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 14 40% 85.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 96%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 814GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 620 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28201 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 494 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 197 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 146 146 163186 (C2) HDA temperature 116 88 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	81.8% Excellent	Read 153 Write 133 Mixed 128 103% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.3 116% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GB 17,846 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 28.7 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 24.9 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 92.6 43% 92.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 86%

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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