MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	202% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '18 at 13:15
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X-$60 30,050 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 75.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 227 76% 138 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 845 77% 648 Pts	64-Core 1,235 76% 1,235 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 140 Parallax 126 107% 132 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 130 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Elecom ESD-EB 256GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 129GB free Firmware: 9301 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	67.3% Good	Read 370 Write 382 Mixed 380 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 22 77% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 45.2 54% 94.5 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 74%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 2,071 Write 1,106 Mixed 1,157 318% 1,445 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 21.7 148% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 104 106% 173 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$79 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 153374576 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1851 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1941574 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1546 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 656 (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 72 57 538640412 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8040 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 64424509468 (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 -102087077658033 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1320585911 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6660208891	107% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 177 Mixed 180 139% 184 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.24 90% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 13,169 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 14GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	6.84% Terrible	Read 21.6 Write 6.95 Mixed 13.9 16% 14.1 MB/s	4K Read 9.06 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.01 35% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.84% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 4,772 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 28.6 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 27.1 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 88.6 45% 88.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 91%

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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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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	171x
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16