MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.2% 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	61.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 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	17.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180316
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '18 at 22:21
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^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 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 72.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 246 81% 148 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 764 72% 597 Pts	64-Core 1,016 63% 1,016 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.2% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 126 Parallax 115 96% 119 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 112 Splatting 98.2 86% 105 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 434GB free Firmware: MU01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^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 100 100 190 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 495 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 47 (A3) Unknown 100 100 571 (94) Unknown 100 100 27737 (95) Unknown 100 100 419 (96) Unknown 100 100 277 (97) Unknown 100 100 396 (A4) Unknown 100 100 9614 (A5) Unknown 100 100 77 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 139 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43049080389663 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 58735 (F2) Unknown 100 100 147904 (F5) Unknown 100 100 113565 (F6) Unknown 100 100 110948 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	61.3% Good	Read 488 Write 249 Mixed 271 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 30.5 4K Mixed 19 78% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 91.3 DQ Write 40.2 DQ Mixed 26.5 30% 52.7 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 95%
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 255GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^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 1230 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 707 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 55 (A3) Unknown 100 100 478 (94) Unknown 100 100 118155 (95) Unknown 100 100 1676 (96) Unknown 100 100 1544 (97) Unknown 100 100 1664 (A4) Unknown 100 100 46237 (A5) Unknown 100 100 83 (A6) Unknown 100 100 8 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 143 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 41953914322976 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 48 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 352326 (F2) Unknown 100 100 355539 (F5) Unknown 100 100 546174 (F6) Unknown 100 100 472620 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	61.2% Good	Read 487 Write 252 Mixed 273 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 28.3 4K Mixed 18.9 77% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 88.3 DQ Write 48.6 DQ Mixed 27.6 32% 54.8 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$79 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 515GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 71668456 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1598 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 45064423 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10302 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 921 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 588644384 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 282 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 61 61 78393 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 47244640288 (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 -37911676317444 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38857684206 (F2) Unknown 100 253 357494381649	90.5% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 160 Mixed 159 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.22 70% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2133 C15 3x8GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.8% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 18.7 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 20.2 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 95.6 42% 95.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 88%

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

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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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16