MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% 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 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 09:51
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 5 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 76.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 78% 142 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 755 75% 610 Pts	64-Core 952 59% 952 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 80.7 Reflection 79.2 Parallax 75.4 66% 78.4 fps	MRender 67.9 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 71.1 58% 70.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM71.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 269 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 95 95 81 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131081 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 287	48.7% Average	Read 351 Write 76.4 Mixed 465 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 8.1 99% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.5 DQ Write 81.1 DQ Mixed 8.1 20% 39.2 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 94%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 924GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 66 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12897026233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 321 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 269 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 321 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 321 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 141734903831 (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	116% Outstanding	Read 216 Write 190 Mixed 166 143% 191 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.19 97% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 107%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$23 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 884GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 132 128 4375 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 188 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8856 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 127 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 963 (C2) HDA temperature 120 93 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	66.4% Good	Read 113 Write 118 Mixed 107 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.24 99% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB 272 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)	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 28.8 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 27.7 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 87 46% 87 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 86%

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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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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