MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.5% 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

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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '17 at 15:40
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 80 1-Core 121 2-Core 244 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 846 79% 656 Pts	64-Core 1,336 83% 1,336 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3417) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.6.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 72.5 Parallax 95 64% 82.1 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 74.1 Splatting 59.2 55% 68.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 62GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4673147 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -52939766880326 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1076 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 667 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 45 107377131552 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 107377131552 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4673147 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4673147 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4673147 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2249 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1479 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1479 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1945	77.4% Very good	Read 486 Write 191 Mixed 253 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 21.7 128% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 52.2 80% 151 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 87%
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$110 2,806 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 370 Write 261 Mixed 266 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 29.4 124% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 97.6 109% 186 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 215%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 675GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 129 115 6533 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 961 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1540 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 660 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 264 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10005 (C2) HDA temperature 114 90 33 (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	40.9% Average	Read 72.6 Write 69.9 Mixed 64 52% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.14 45% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 57%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 729GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1585 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4189 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1037 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 622 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 962 (C2) HDA temperature 112 93 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	82% Excellent	Read 180 Write 105 Mixed 93.1 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.35 109% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 109%
73 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 8GB free, PID 1642 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	7.89% Terrible	Read 26.8 Write 7.09 Mixed 9.82 15% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.93 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.12 38% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.89% Great: 11%

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 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 30.6 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 25.1 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.5% 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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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