MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 41.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	39.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	30.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 20:59
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	41.1% Average	Memory 56.8 1-Core 41 2-Core 77.9 37% 58.6 Pts	4-Core 138 8-Core 250 23% 194 Pts	64-Core 337 21% 337 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.6% Below average	Lighting 40.1 Reflection 54.4 Parallax 77.1 33% 57.2 fps	MRender 59.8 Gravity 53.3 Splatting 76.7 53% 63.3 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 28467191 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 71253507452719 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2142 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 436 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 73 64429293596 (C2) HDA temperature 28 73 64429293596 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 28467191 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 28467191 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 28467191 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19436 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14118 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14118 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9833	30.3% Below average	Read 175 Write 88.9 Mixed 113 28% 126 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 39.5 4K Mixed 8.53 53% 20.6 MB/s	DQ Read 69.3 DQ Write 46.1 DQ Mixed 27.9 29% 47.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 135GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 30 (03) Spinup time 180 173 3991 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4024 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14622 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2510 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 530 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3493 (C2) HDA temperature 114 85 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 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.7% Average	Read 143 Write 11.8 Mixed 22.1 43% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.44 135% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 130GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 169 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1461 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6044 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1139 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 150 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1311 (C2) HDA temperature 114 89 29 (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	92.1% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 134 Mixed 133 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.31 103% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.8% Excellent	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 32.7 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 18.4 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 137 29% 137 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	326x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	265x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	171x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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