MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.5% 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	56.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '17 at 14:55
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 209 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 684 67% 548 Pts	64-Core 856 53% 856 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78% 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 117 Parallax 99.1 95% 111 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 103 Splatting 100 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3934279 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 67130338838905 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 453 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 82 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 42 73017196576 (C2) HDA temperature 32 42 73017196576 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3934279 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3934279 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3934279 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 98784247809 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5232 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3067 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3067 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3825 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4784161	56.3% Above average	Read 439 Write 119 Mixed 169 53% 243 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 13.9 92% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 69.9 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 33.4 46% 81.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 820GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 149031421 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1549 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 73009044 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4771 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 759 (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 76 55 404095000 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1594 (C2) HDA temperature 24 14 60129542168 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 149031421 (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 -136962212098111 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14090450849 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15931901873	106% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 182 Mixed 173 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.32 99% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% 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 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (89^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	99% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 33.5 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 27.2 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 104%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	825x
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	328x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	267x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	201x

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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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