MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.9% 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	93.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170215
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '17 at 04:04
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 73.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 78% 142 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 925 82% 696 Pts	64-Core 1,267 78% 1,267 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1644 MHz, MLim: 1777 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 125 Parallax 114 104% 122 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 110 Splatting 97.3 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 112GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1185 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 380 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (AA) Unknown 100 100 79 (AD) Unknown 100 100 983070 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 84 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 4 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1905	92.6% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 488 Mixed 496 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 14 109% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 62.8 97% 184 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 83%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2039 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 601 (B1) Unknown 98 98 30 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 55 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 117 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15056432773	93.3% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 409 Mixed 409 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 24.2 132% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 52.2 82% 157 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 854GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 722 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1487 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 428 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2447 (C2) HDA temperature 115 99 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	100% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 175 Mixed 162 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.76 4K Mixed 0.28 136% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D2 2x4GB 664 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 28 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 31.6 SC Mixed 23.3 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 93.1 43% 93.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 97%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

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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 $129Bench 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 $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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