MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	241% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170727
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '17 at 22:53
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 223 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 704 67% 554 Pts	64-Core 870 54% 870 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6162) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Lighting 69.7 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 60.3 57% 66 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 66.7 Splatting 67.6 56% 68.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2,853 Write 907 Mixed 1,234 362% 1,665 MB/s	4K Read 55.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 41.4 201% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 115 127% 216 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 69GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5268 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5197 (B1) Unknown 98 98 38 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 54 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 56 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12312172428	109% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 414 Mixed 422 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 45.7 169% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 106 120% 208 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2653920 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 2081 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (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 69 68 538443807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 103079215135 (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 74135430496256 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3084857 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1913628	98.2% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 163 Mixed 170 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.25 93% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 114%
ST350063 0AS 500GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 317GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 70.4 Write 72.3 Mixed 57.4 85% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.37 77% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 32%
WDC WD64 00AAKS-75A7B0 640GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 73GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.2% Average	Read 106 Write 104 Mixed 69.6 116% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.32 80% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 44%
TOSHIBA MK7559GSXP 750GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 48GB free, PID 6388 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.3% Poor	Read 66.3 Write 68.5 Mixed 56.4 82% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.25 61% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$39 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (85^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	103% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 34 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 28.6 88% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

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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	827x
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	329x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	268x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	202x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	74x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $34Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369