MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	32.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 17:11
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 1500X-$131 70,038 User benchmarks, average bench 66% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	42.3% Average	Memory 56.6 1-Core 42.3 2-Core 83.4 38% 60.8 Pts	4-Core 152 8-Core 234 24% 193 Pts	64-Core 231 14% 231 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 254C) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Lighting 41.7 Reflection 31.7 Parallax 58.3 34% 43.9 fps	MRender 29.2 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 39.5 30% 36.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 285GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 168150894 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2601 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22241585 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5359 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2295 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 54 487784476 (C2) HDA temperature 28 46 47244640284 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 24 168150894 (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 89094801592231 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1664661345 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1765257110	63% Good	Read 116 Write 104 Mixed 102 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.47 93% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 223GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 153827422 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5702 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 105834783 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11581 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3579 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 16 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 54 487784475 (C2) HDA temperature 27 46 38654705691 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 27 153827422 (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 -39208756431412 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4236473187 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2155210907	58.9% Above average	Read 108 Write 97.5 Mixed 103 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.49 105% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x4GB-$47 29,751 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	48.7% Average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 15.4 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 138 29% 138 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 98%

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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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Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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