MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.8% 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 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180502
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '18 at 10:54
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 90.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 242 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 774 77% 630 Pts	64-Core 982 61% 982 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 77.1 Reflection 77 Parallax 67.6 63% 73.9 fps	MRender 77.3 Gravity 71.1 Splatting 72.2 60% 73.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0518BS Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^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 100 100 286 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 104 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 58 (A3) Unknown 100 100 8 (A4) Unknown 100 100 4187 (A5) Unknown 100 100 20 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (94) Unknown 100 100 2698 (95) Unknown 100 100 109 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 79 (9F) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1500 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 51 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1664 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17815 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13404 (F5) Unknown 100 100 75366	75.8% Very good	Read 516 Write 340 Mixed 359 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 15.6 101% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 57.6 62% 96.3 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 118%
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1536 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 369 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 24 (AA) Unknown 100 100 27 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1179692 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 153 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 154619936804 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1701 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1532 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2083 (F4) Unknown 100 100 18 (F5) Unknown 100 100 44 (F6) Unknown 100 100 107700	59.9% Above average	Read 460 Write 264 Mixed 292 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 4.67 85% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 29.3 DQ Write 62.8 DQ Mixed 4.5 15% 32.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 85%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 534GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 192 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 49 9090 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4037 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22503 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3775 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 49 223338692638 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 264 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4309	80.4% Excellent	Read 137 Write 143 Mixed 121 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.86 4K Mixed 0.51 134% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 44.8 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 35.9 118% 41.3 GB/s	SC Read 28.8 SC Write 42 SC Mixed 31.9 98% 34.2 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 111%

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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) $31	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