MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '18 at 21:36
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 83 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 874 80% 670 Pts	64-Core 1,282 79% 1,282 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 112 Parallax 96 83% 103 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 100 81% 98.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 376GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,884 Write 1,394 Mixed 1,474 421% 1,917 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 22.8 140% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 45.3 DQ Write 78.4 DQ Mixed 22 28% 48.6 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 254%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 292GB free Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3330 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 911 (A5) Unknown 100 100 68733501610 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 420 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 90 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 66 283469086752 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 206164000853 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2865 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3496 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3321 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7356 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	61.3% Good	Read 496 Write 231 Mixed 289 74% 339 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 14.7 85% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 88.9 DQ Mixed 35.5 34% 50.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 108%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 64GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 131 100 2435 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2379 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1063 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1112 (A9) Unknown 100 100 60 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1100 (AE) Unknown 100 100 454 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 223338299428 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 36 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 232389 (F1) Unknown 253 253 20109 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16135	64.4% Good	Read 481 Write 366 Mixed 409 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 4.15 76% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 23.8 DQ Write 60 DQ Mixed 4.09 14% 29.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 100042320 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7403 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 83801750 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14690 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3265 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131075 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 812287066140 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 463 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 41 41 118545 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 -140737488355300 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 107782204299768 (F1) Unknown 100 253 35758762219 (F2) Unknown 100 253 50137497512	107% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 186 Mixed 177 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.32 99% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 391GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5962 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2110 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 421 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 41655 (C2) HDA temperature 119 105 28 (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	53.7% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 94.7 Mixed 96.1 71% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.28 108% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 43.3 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 33.4 109% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 24.6 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 27.5 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 107%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 45%

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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	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