MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.1% 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	72.7% 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.

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, 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	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '17 at 11:08
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 1700X-$211 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.05 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 77.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 82% 150 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 933 85% 715 Pts	64-Core 1,356 84% 1,356 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1592 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Lighting 97.2 Reflection 95.3 Parallax 84 79% 92.2 fps	MRender 87.7 Gravity 84.7 Splatting 75.9 67% 82.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 44402104 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -27642409512210 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1346 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 332 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 35 30067064862 (C2) HDA temperature 30 35 30067064862 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 44402104 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 44402104 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 44402104 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14477 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12227 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12227 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8998	72.7% Very good	Read 498 Write 203 Mixed 241 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 15.1 110% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 67.6 86% 155 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 327GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 169 2083 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2326 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1426 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 285 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2040 (C2) HDA temperature 112 105 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	78% Very good	Read 170 Write 102 Mixed 124 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.18 77% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$58 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 227GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 168 4008 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 705 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2131 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 629 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 189 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 35212 (C2) HDA temperature 116 111 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	59.4% Above average	Read 115 Write 92 Mixed 88.2 74% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D26AFTA.16FBD 2x8GB 2,528 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 27.5 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 25 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 107%

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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	820x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	340x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $120Bench 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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16