MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.1% 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	83.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '18 at 08:30
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 73.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 206 72% 128 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 815 73% 616 Pts	64-Core 1158 72% 1158 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1090 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.3.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Lighting 71.2 Reflection 63.5 Parallax 81.2 58% 71.9 fps	MRender 61.3 Gravity 55.8 Splatting 80.7 56% 65.9 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 223GB free Firmware: 520ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 17189941166 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 -97332548844002 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1786 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 181 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 260 (BD) vendor-specific 17 57 30068506641 (C2) HDA temperature 17 57 30068506641 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10071982 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10071982 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10071982 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23194 (EA) Unknown 0 0 27415 (F1) Unknown 0 0 27415 (F2) Unknown 0 0 29995	80% Excellent	Read 514 Write 253 Mixed 281 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 22.5 115% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 74.3 97% 176 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 85%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$45 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th 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 20 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (B4) Unknown 0 0 45 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 55 193273528349 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1054173311 (F7) Unknown 100 100 17263072 (F8) Unknown 100 100 13474232	83.1% Excellent	Read 525 Write 404 Mixed 424 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 22 119% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 33.3 DQ Write 69.6 DQ Mixed 20.3 24% 41.1 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 573 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 28.7 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 26.5 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 92.7 43% 92.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%

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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	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	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 $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $453

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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16