MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.6% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 00:31
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 76.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 772 76% 620 Pts	64-Core 995 62% 995 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 160 Parallax 148 121% 152 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 146 Splatting 118 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS500G32TND-N1A2A 500GB 1,191 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2979 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 297 (64) Unknown 100 100 3455483 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 99 99 18 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 35 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 6 (B2) Unknown 100 100 47 (B3) Unknown 100 100 448 (B4) Unknown 100 100 13440 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 0 55838441504 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 83 254 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3003 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4154 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4972 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 104490	80.6% Excellent	Read 514 Write 332 Mixed 354 88% 400 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 18.1 104% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 16.2 65% 148 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 118%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21494300965 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1113 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8277 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 716 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1161 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 163209281564 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	89.1% Excellent	Read 156 Write 154 Mixed 161 119% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.2 89% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 30.7 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 87.3 46% 87.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

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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	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 $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