MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	65.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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, 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, 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	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '17 at 04:19
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th 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 3.2 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	44.5% Average	Memory 57.8 1-Core 42.1 2-Core 84.5 38% 61.5 Pts	4-Core 169 8-Core 272 27% 221 Pts	64-Core 347 22% 347 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.6% Good	Lighting 69.8 Reflection 99.5 Parallax 98.4 57% 89.2 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 104 Splatting 100 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12930104750 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 51402168600943 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 445 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 78 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 42 73017196580 (C2) HDA temperature 36 42 73017196580 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 107 107 12930104750 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 107 107 12930104750 (CC) Soft ECC correction 107 107 12930104750 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 98784247809 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5196 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3037 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3037 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3777 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4784161	53.1% Above average	Read 451 Write 124 Mixed 169 54% 248 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 15.5 80% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 91.1 DQ Write 79.6 DQ Mixed 34.3 40% 68.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 822GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 83502198 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 72933125 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4761 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 752 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 68 55 538902560 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1580 (C2) HDA temperature 32 14 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 83502198 (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 -88287347732553 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14060173579 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15896649920	107% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 175 Mixed 154 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.26 84% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.1% Very good	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 27 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 19.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 134 30% 134 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 104%

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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	823x
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 $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	267x
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 $135Bench 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	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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