MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.6% 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	203% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 10:35
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 71.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 215 72% 131 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 841 74% 627 Pts	64-Core 1,143 71% 1,143 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.6% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 136 Parallax 119 106% 128 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 114 Splatting 101 87% 107 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,999 Write 1,200 Mixed 1,123 318% 1,441 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 24.5 146% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 19.2 54% 116 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 236%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 567GB free Firmware: 1805 Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 73.9 Write 61.6 Mixed 89.2 57% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.24 62% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 538GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 69716576 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1695 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33611537 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5681 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 222 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 59 50 705953833 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38098 (C2) HDA temperature 41 50 51539607593 (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 127350075296285 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25841848700 (F2) Unknown 100 253 174589226768	108% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 184 Mixed 179 140% 186 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.17 80% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 464GB free Firmware: 1805 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Read 33.9 Write 37.5 Mixed 35.3 27% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.23 72% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (88^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.4% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 25.5 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 21 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 98.3 41% 98.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 79%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

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 $130Bench 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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16