MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	213% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180502
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	May 20 '18 at 04:30
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 209 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 689 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 863 53% 863 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	56% Above average	Lighting 71.2 Reflection 69.6 Parallax 95.4 58% 78.7 fps	MRender 67.6 Gravity 68.6 Splatting 57.8 52% 64.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 2,623 Write 1,225 Mixed 1,524 394% 1,791 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 46.1 4K Mixed 19.1 101% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 37.6 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 87.9 66% 85.9 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 178GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 47 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 11 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 383986688	91.8% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 412 Mixed 428 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 30.5 116% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 17 72% 163 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 128%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 608GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1588 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1380 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 501 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3167 (C2) HDA temperature 114 108 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	74.9% Very good	Read 108 Write 153 Mixed 87.4 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.23 87% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 17,029 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 44.2 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 34.7 114% 39.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 27.4 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 76.7 52% 76.7 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%

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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	819x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	340x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	269x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	327x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	265x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $30Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $461

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16