MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180502
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 20:53
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 74.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 214 74% 133 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 684 67% 551 Pts	64-Core 868 54% 868 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.2% Above average	Lighting 62.3 Reflection 66.9 Parallax 59.3 51% 62.8 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 59.3 Splatting 53.4 49% 61.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 9GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 60764746 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 -94326071721358 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1818 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 253 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 68 60133998627 (C2) HDA temperature 35 68 60133998627 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 60764746 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 60764746 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 60764746 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 91 91 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 36754 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17293 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17293 (F2) Unknown 0 0 21374	54.7% Above average	Read 448 Write 78.1 Mixed 129 47% 218 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 16.2 97% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 93.9 DQ Write 72 DQ Mixed 32.8 38% 66.2 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 69%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 81501832 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 564 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 252000474 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8385 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 598 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 60 52 672727080 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10259 (C2) HDA temperature 40 48 73014444072 (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 -73040213827583 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38790656090 (F2) Unknown 100 253 370102285612	93.8% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 149 Mixed 141 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.16 64% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 7,238 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 44.9 MC Write 41.5 MC Mixed 35.4 116% 40.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 27.6 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 90.8 44% 90.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 111%

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

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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	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 $245Bench 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 $48Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16