MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.3% 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	244% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180316
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '18 at 03:42
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 71.5 1-Core 100 2-Core 208 70% 127 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 672 66% 543 Pts	64-Core 844 52% 844 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 2424) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 94.6 Reflection 110 Parallax 91.7 77% 98.6 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 89.5 Splatting 98 78% 94.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 95GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 16956473 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -98827197478520 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 976 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 129 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 38 55837065245 (C2) HDA temperature 29 38 55837065245 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 16956473 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 16956473 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 16956473 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 103079215104 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3931 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4209 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4209 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5212 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2424845	78.5% Very good	Read 509 Write 258 Mixed 315 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 21 114% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 64.1 84% 153 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 85%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 95GB free Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8636 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1298 (A5) Unknown 100 100 530293 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 136 (AE) Unknown 100 100 480 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 36 261993005092 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 453 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 816 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19424865332 (F2) Unknown 100 100 20877066010	52.3% Above average	Read 450 Write 315 Mixed 223 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 17 4K Mixed 8.92 47% 14.5 MB/s	DQ Read 39.2 DQ Write 13.7 DQ Mixed 9.8 12% 20.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 56%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,600 Write 1,253 Mixed 1,348 381% 1,734 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 39.5 179% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 95.5 105% 178 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.6% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 25.7 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 23.8 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 98 41% 98 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.6% 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	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	326x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	265x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	78x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	171x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16