MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.7% 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	135% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170419
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '17 at 06:12
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 (99^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 77.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 81% 148 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 897 83% 694 Pts	64-Core 1,338 83% 1,338 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.7% 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: 2082 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 121 Parallax 103 98% 115 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 105 Splatting 105 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.7% 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% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 1,299 Write 567 Mixed 681 186% 849 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 33.5 143% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 40.9 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 19.4 43% 83.9 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 135% 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 above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13434624 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -78297253796580 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 932 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 566 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 44 107377066021 (C2) HDA temperature 37 44 107377066021 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13434624 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13434624 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13434624 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2133 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1433 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1433 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1886	77.7% Very good	Read 492 Write 197 Mixed 194 64% 295 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 21.6 126% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 55.4 83% 155 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 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 (17^th 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 1470 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3449 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 931 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 558 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 911 (C2) HDA temperature 104 93 39 (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	66.7% Good	Read 139 Write 93.4 Mixed 93.2 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.21 106% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 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 124 115 6775 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 846 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 828 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 554 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 200 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5665 (C2) HDA temperature 108 90 39 (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 71.6 Mixed 67.7 54% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.21 51% 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 1067 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 27.8 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 24.9 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 84.9 47% 84.9 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 101%

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Gaming 45%

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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	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 $45Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $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