MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.7% 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	52.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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, 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	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 07:26
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 71.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 221 75% 136 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 763 74% 605 Pts	64-Core 932 58% 932 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 115 Parallax 100 94% 110 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 34557563 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -54692113533776 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 535 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 156 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 37 34362163226 (C2) HDA temperature 26 37 34362163226 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 34557563 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 34557563 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 34557563 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 33022 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18246 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18246 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8680 (F4) Unknown 92 92 16318713	52.7% Above average	Read 423 Write 109 Mixed 157 50% 230 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 9.23 90% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 43.8 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 18.6 32% 60.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 119528672 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4086 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 69156321 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15462 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 862 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 46 (BD) vendor-specific 79 79 21 (BE) vendor-specific 74 63 437714970 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 80064 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 25769803802 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -9199819942750 (F1) Unknown 100 253 43666302105 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2519872342028	116% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 198 Mixed 179 146% 194 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.26 104% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C DDR4 2x4GB 245 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 1067 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 30.1 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.9 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 97.2 41% 97.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 93%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

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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 $273	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 $15	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