MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16.4% 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	93.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180502
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 15:16
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 232 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 683 69% 559 Pts	64-Core 933 58% 933 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Lighting 21.8 Reflection 15.6 Parallax 18.7 18% 18.7 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 15.6 Splatting 20 14% 16.2 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 10038 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1882 (B1) Unknown 97 97 49 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 44 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 53 (EB) Unknown 99 99 301 (F1) Unknown 99 99 46437237906	93.2% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 408 Mixed 419 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 24.4 141% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 41.3 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 23.6 52% 101 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 433GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 187492758 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2250 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6597810 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2874 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 429 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 488046621 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2274 (C2) HDA temperature 29 12 51539607581 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 187492758 (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 122350733363400 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3093488060 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2686443552	79.8% Very good	Read 143 Write 135 Mixed 131 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 113%

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 3400 MHz clocked @ 1700 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 43.7 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 37.5 112% 39.2 GB/s	SC Read 26.3 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 29.8 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $178	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