MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). 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	18.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '18 at 08:34
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 72.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 82% 152 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 768 76% 618 Pts	64-Core 999 62% 999 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.8% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 139 Parallax 118 105% 128 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 122 Splatting 102 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 447GB free Firmware: MU01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^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 100 100 182 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 487 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 47 (A3) Unknown 100 100 571 (94) Unknown 100 100 27195 (95) Unknown 100 100 410 (96) Unknown 100 100 267 (97) Unknown 100 100 389 (A4) Unknown 100 100 9534 (A5) Unknown 100 100 77 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 139 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40824236802075 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 57662 (F2) Unknown 100 100 147490 (F5) Unknown 100 100 112620 (F6) Unknown 100 100 108780 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	64% Good	Read 491 Write 253 Mixed 266 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 32.9 4K Mixed 19.7 80% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 72.6 DQ Mixed 40.4 48% 84.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 95%
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 409GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^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 1139 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 699 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 55 (A3) Unknown 100 100 478 (94) Unknown 100 100 103552 (95) Unknown 100 100 1493 (96) Unknown 100 100 1398 (97) Unknown 100 100 1459 (A4) Unknown 100 100 41199 (A5) Unknown 100 100 83 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 142 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38646755819550 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 48 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 299093 (F2) Unknown 100 100 321659 (F5) Unknown 100 100 486663 (F6) Unknown 100 100 414208 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	58.3% Above average	Read 488 Write 251 Mixed 263 73% 334 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 31.6 4K Mixed 10 67% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 67.3 DQ Mixed 35.8 43% 76.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 579GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 128458408 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1546 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43356063 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9944 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 913 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 70 57 505020446 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 282 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 62 62 76422 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 47244640286 (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 134084584017984 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38026352131 (F2) Unknown 100 253 356245509099	90.5% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 134 Mixed 133 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.22 69% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 114%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 16GB 188 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 11GB free, PID 0715 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	7.85% Terrible	Read 19.9 Write 11.2 Mixed 12.3 17% 14.5 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 0.52 4K Mixed 1.53 84% 2.02 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.85% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2133 C15 3x8GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 16.1 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 95.1 42% 95.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

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) $35	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