MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	60.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170727
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '18 at 08:28
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 1200-$100 83,528 User benchmarks, average bench 57% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 79.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 477 64% 477 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PNY(196E 11C0) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 20 Reflection 23.1 Parallax 18.8 16% 20.6 fps	Gravity 20 Splatting 26.1 21% 23 fps
Poor: 24% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 4752 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 114 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1894168659141 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 25 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 70 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 54 197568495662 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1748060733847 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1152 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5721 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3036 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2326 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	60.2% Good	Read 511 Write 155 Mixed 310 71% 325 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 7.08 88% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.7 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 1.8 39% 86.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 78%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 362GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 136 136 12895649964 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 385 (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 4922 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 534 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 534 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 176094642210 (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	84.7% Excellent	Read 155 Write 141 Mixed 146 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.17 94% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 107%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1GB free Firmware: 0005HPM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 238933778 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2505 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 162499475 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6191 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2481 (B7) Unknown 100 253 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098502 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 46 555352096 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 104 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34042 (C2) HDA temperature 32 54 55834574880 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 47 238933778 (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 1	37.1% Below average	Read 68.1 Write 61.3 Mixed 64.3 49% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.26 66% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GB-$221 487 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 40.8 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 36.7 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 28.7 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 81.6 49% 81.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

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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	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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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