MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.9% 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	178% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170316
Uptime	17 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '18 at 07:22
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	DOM-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 74.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 223 76% 137 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 753 73% 600 Pts	64-Core 937 58% 937 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 110 Parallax 97.4 90% 106 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 96.3 79% 96.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,366 Write 1,104 Mixed 1,124 267% 1,198 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 38.7 146% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 23 79% 173 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 185%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 46GB free Firmware: 010G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^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 18636 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3867 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 80 80 614 (AE) Unknown 100 100 827 (B5) Unknown 100 100 13610804906287 (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 49 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 38 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 80 80 20 (CE) Flying height 100 100 1	56.4% Above average	Read 490 Write 112 Mixed 181 56% 261 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 6.66 90% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 87.8 DQ Mixed 7.53 33% 74.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 65%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 117GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6 (03) Spinup time 108 105 7558 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6030 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18163 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3804 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 900 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 111 111 267609 (C2) HDA temperature 111 97 36 (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 200 173 2900 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	36% Below average	Read 59.8 Write 65.3 Mixed 86.2 54% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.2 68% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 69%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 19GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 172 2041 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1392 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5335 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 790 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 172 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5867 (C2) HDA temperature 107 98 36 (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	93.8% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 152 Mixed 146 118% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.34 127% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C 2x8GB 755 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 30.1 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 24.6 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 92.2 43% 92.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 89%

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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 $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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	171x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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