MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.7% 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	189% 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.

Run History

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 @ 1.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '18 at 00:49
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	DOM-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 73.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 76% 138 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 748 73% 600 Pts	64-Core 935 58% 935 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 82%

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: 390.77 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 104 Parallax 91.3 81% 98.4 fps	MRender 86.9 Gravity 94.5 Splatting 96.7 76% 92.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 1,985 Write 1,135 Mixed 1,320 327% 1,480 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 23.2 127% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 36.6 DQ Write 84.4 DQ Mixed 23.3 28% 48.1 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 185%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 58GB free Firmware: 010G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18397 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3829 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 80 80 613 (AE) Unknown 100 100 827 (B5) Unknown 100 100 13606509938990 (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 49 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 38 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 80 80 20 (CE) Flying height 100 100 1	55.4% Above average	Read 486 Write 111 Mixed 181 56% 260 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 5.73 88% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 88 DQ Mixed 7.53 33% 75.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 65%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 120GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6 (03) Spinup time 108 105 7583 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5902 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17922 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3766 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 900 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 112 112 266449 (C2) HDA temperature 113 97 34 (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 200 173 2900 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.9% Average	Read 88.9 Write 70.7 Mixed 59.3 54% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 69%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 41GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1274 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5093 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 752 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 172 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5448 (C2) HDA temperature 110 98 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.5% Very good	Read 151 Write 119 Mixed 135 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.34 131% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C 2x8GB 755 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 30 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 23.4 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 94.1 42% 94.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 89%

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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	819x
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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $21Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $461

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16