MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	87.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170419
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 08 '17 at 20:16
Run Duration	92 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	69% Good	Memory 72.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 189 70% 124 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 664 61% 509 Pts	64-Core 917 57% 917 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 114 Parallax 98 91% 108 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 99.9 81% 99 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate SkyHawk 1TB (2016)-$46 7,846 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 560GB free (System drive) Firmware: CV11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 237024661 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 56 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7380219 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 144 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 56 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 67 487915549 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 56 (C2) HDA temperature 29 19 81604378653 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 237024661 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	90.3% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 163 Mixed 148 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x8GB 87,891 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 1067 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 33.1 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 27.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 96.3 42% 96.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 112%

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

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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	818x
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	326x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	265x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	171x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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