MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170919
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 19:06
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 (92^nd percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 75.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 208 72% 129 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 662 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 832 52% 832 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.10.3 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.7% Very good	Lighting 80.9 Reflection 88.6 Parallax 150 66% 107 fps	MRender 85.7 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 124 86% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8974 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 465 (A5) Unknown 100 100 859133315011 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 38 (A8) Unknown 100 100 25 (A9) Unknown 100 100 581 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 398 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 287764054049 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 5785339561283 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4702 (EA) Unknown 100 100 40714 (F1) Unknown 253 253 35003 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12020 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	71.5% Very good	Read 494 Write 341 Mixed 314 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 42.3 4K Mixed 10 80% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 9.87 55% 128 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 43GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 130 130 21493907746 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2139 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8761 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2213 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 227634577444 (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	74% Very good	Read 135 Write 123 Mixed 113 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.2 79% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 1x8GB 2,085 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	45.8% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 14.2 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 89.1 45% 89.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 51%

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

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	817x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	339x
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 $400Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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