MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.6% 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	60.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170727
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '18 at 22:02
Run Duration	302 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 1500X-$131 70,038 User benchmarks, average bench 66% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 72.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 208 73% 131 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 613 59% 486 Pts	64-Core 621 38% 621 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Sapphire(1DA2 E348) ≥ 4GB; Sapphire Radeon RX 560 Pulse Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 24.20.11016.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	Lighting 31.6 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 39.8 26% 34.5 fps	MRender 29.3 Gravity 30.6 Splatting 32.7 26% 30.9 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 19 (AA) Unknown 100 100 13 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 71 68 137440395293 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 87 (F1) Unknown 100 100 65 (F2) Unknown 100 100 30 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 2 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4384	60.1% Good	Read 422 Write 287 Mixed 337 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 19.3 4K Mixed 7.87 63% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 17 55% 123 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 100%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 743GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 98 Write 106 Mixed 76.7 120% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.19 85% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 45%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	4.02% Terrible	Read 12.3 Write 4.63 Mixed 6.64 9% 7.87 MB/s	4K Read 5.03 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 20% 1.69 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.02% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 2x4GB 6,607 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 31.2 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 24.3 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 95 42% 95 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 90%

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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 $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 $124	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