MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 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	May 04 '17 at 14:59
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (58^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)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 77.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 245 81% 148 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 902 83% 696 Pts	64-Core 1,352 84% 1,352 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 36E1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1631 MHz, MLim: 1814 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Lighting 80.2 Reflection 78.4 Parallax 69.7 65% 76.1 fps	MRender 78.5 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 62.2 57% 71 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$110 2,806 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 1,374 Write 582 Mixed 685 193% 880 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 32.4 144% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 41.5 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 103 83% 112 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 215%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 63GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13479312 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 131675107370303 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 962 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 590 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 44 107377066017 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 107377066017 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13479312 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13479312 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13479312 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2175 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1465 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1465 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1908	72.8% Very good	Read 470 Write 191 Mixed 240 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 15.8 118% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 53.7 79% 148 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 87%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 677GB 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 6758 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 873 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 863 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 572 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5775 (C2) HDA temperature 111 90 36 (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	41.5% Average	Read 74.4 Write 70.6 Mixed 66.4 53% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.22 49% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 57%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 738GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1497 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3484 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 949 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 570 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 926 (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	73.5% Very good	Read 109 Write 146 Mixed 134 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.28 97% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 1067 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 29.8 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 35.4 SC Mixed 25.6 78% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 101%

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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