MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.6% 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	139% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 08:39
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 (98^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 73.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 245 80% 146 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 932 84% 710 Pts	64-Core 1,346 83% 1,346 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.4% 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: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2097 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 122 Parallax 103 98% 115 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 106 Splatting 105 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.6% 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% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 1,344 Write 582 Mixed 665 189% 864 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 29.4 136% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 19.4 67% 149 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 139% 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 4918636 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -119125212912371 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 920 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 555 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 44 107377066013 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 107377066013 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4918636 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4918636 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4918636 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2112 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1416 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1416 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1871	76.5% Very good	Read 487 Write 177 Mixed 266 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 22.6 129% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 55.3 78% 144 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 745GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1455 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3434 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 927 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 555 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 899 (C2) HDA temperature 112 93 31 (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	68.9% Good	Read 148 Write 91.9 Mixed 93.4 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.23 112% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 634GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 129 115 6525 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 830 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 813 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 550 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 197 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5577 (C2) HDA temperature 114 90 33 (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	41.9% Average	Read 74.6 Write 71.5 Mixed 68.7 54% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.22 52% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-3200 4x4GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.2% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 24.9 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 22.8 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 93.1 43% 93.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 101%

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

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Typical B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 3,079 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

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 $125Bench 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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16