MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.1% 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	56.8% 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 (14%). 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '17 at 17:10
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 74 1-Core 104 2-Core 214 72% 131 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 709 67% 553 Pts	64-Core 967 60% 967 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36DD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1701 MHz, MLim: 2025 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 130 Parallax 118 102% 124 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 114 Splatting 102 88% 108 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 35155616 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -15393162787336 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 927 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 263 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 41 49 85902557225 (C2) HDA temperature 41 49 85902557225 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 35155616 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 35155616 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 35155616 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5524 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3751 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3751 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5881 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4456501	56.8% Above average	Read 508 Write 115 Mixed 158 56% 260 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 11.7 94% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 22.4 DQ Write 93.5 DQ Mixed 24.8 29% 46.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 75%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 260GB free Firmware: GG2OAE00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 202 202 64424509441 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3166 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 5521 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 3151 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 254 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 25846 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 223339806757 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	54.4% Above average	Read 92.3 Write 97.5 Mixed 90.2 70% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.17 60% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 71GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 174334720 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 715 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44504647 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1408 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 705 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BE) vendor-specific 61 56 690421799 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 129 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 977 (C2) HDA temperature 39 44 68719476775 (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 107163729003913 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8180311031 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12056602408	57.6% Above average	Read 105 Write 95.3 Mixed 100 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 4.29 4K Mixed 0.25 130% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (82^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	101% Outstanding	MC Read 41.8 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 34.7 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 27.6 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 92.6 43% 92.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

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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	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	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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $24Bench 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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16