MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.9% 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	113% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '17 at 15:03
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 72.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 243 79% 145 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 879 82% 684 Pts	64-Core 1,297 80% 1,297 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2093 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 122 Parallax 103 99% 115 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 106 Splatting 105 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$110 2,806 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 1,329 Write 435 Mixed 633 174% 799 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 19.9 107% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 39 DQ Write 62.7 DQ Mixed 16.2 22% 39.3 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 215%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 70GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9919988 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -73701638789885 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 861 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 501 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 44 107377066014 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 107377066014 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9919988 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9919988 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9919988 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2084 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1392 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1392 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1849	77.2% Very good	Read 508 Write 185 Mixed 219 66% 304 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 21.8 125% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 53.2 80% 151 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 745GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1430 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3425 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 905 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 538 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 891 (C2) HDA temperature 108 93 35 (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	67.8% Good	Read 97.5 Write 139 Mixed 113 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.25 103% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 634GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 122 115 6866 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 805 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 804 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 528 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 180 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5415 (C2) HDA temperature 110 90 37 (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	40% Below average	Read 67.6 Write 71.8 Mixed 67.8 52% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.24 52% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-3200 CL16 8GB 2x8GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.5% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 24.8 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 22.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 96.6 41% 96.6 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 112%

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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	822x
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	266x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16