MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 103% UFO


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 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (94%). 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	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '17 at 04:33
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	94%

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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 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.95 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 80.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 912 83% 698 Pts	64-Core 1,334 82% 1,334 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2650 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 156 Parallax 133 128% 149 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 144 Splatting 114 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3890 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1444 (A8) Unknown 100 100 13 (AA) Unknown 100 100 222 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1114156 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 310 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 13 (E7) Temperature 100 100 83 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7155	74.1% Very good	Read 520 Write 351 Mixed 355 90% 409 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 9.15 86% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 45.6 68% 128 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 462GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 63 244022761 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2874 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 8629907626 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4467 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1625 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 51 538378272 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3182 (C2) HDA temperature 32 8 34359738400 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 1 244022761 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 23798413789774 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9920255792 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11429151714	93.5% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 157 Mixed 153 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.22 79% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GB 25,457 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	96.5% Outstanding	MC Read 41.5 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 31.6 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 27.6 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 106%

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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 3,077 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	171x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $453

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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16