MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.6% 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	67.8% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170913
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 09 '18 at 18:15
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 76.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 227 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 842 77% 648 Pts	64-Core 1252 78% 1252 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 118 Parallax 112 82% 110 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 101 81% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 81GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5725 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1721 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 45 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 32 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6916352522	79.5% Very good	Read 511 Write 412 Mixed 420 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 19.8 104% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 36.6 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 19.6 31% 55.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 124%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0C 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1451 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 375 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 28 (AE) Unknown 100 100 44 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 47 33 287763988533 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7119068412 (F7) Unknown 100 100 223334128 (F8) Unknown 100 100 96466849 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1247 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	67.8% Good	Read 475 Write 304 Mixed 328 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 21.4 89% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 12.5 27% 51.6 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 872GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 195719744 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1864 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8778526 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1477 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 373 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 588578850 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5530 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 73014444066 (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 -60322815671948 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3693527750 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16458310488	87.8% Excellent	Read 174 Write 132 Mixed 135 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.22 79% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$7 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 28GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 167 Write 59.7 Mixed 94.9 120% 107 MB/s	4K Read 9.09 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.51 126% 3.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87.6% Excellent	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 29.3 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 24.4 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 86.5 46% 86.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 90%

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Typical B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 3,088 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	822x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	340x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	269x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	327x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	266x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16