MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 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 44.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.31% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	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.

Very high background CPU (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '17 at 18:14
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	61%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th 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 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Memory 58.3 1-Core 42.2 2-Core 84.4 38% 61.6 Pts	4-Core 169 8-Core 337 30% 253 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9400 GT 12,718 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 1413) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.31% Terrible	Lighting 1.33 Reflection 2.62 Parallax 0.44 1% 1.46 fps	MRender 3.38 Gravity 0.9 Splatting 2.17 2% 2.15 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.31% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 902GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP4OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 100 (03) Spinup time 143 143 25786319124 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4136 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15126 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3454 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4188 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4188 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 206159216672 (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	67.7% Good	Read 117 Write 119 Mixed 112 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.38 88% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 74%
G-drive USB 2TB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3GB free Firmware: 2201 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 36.1 Write 27.2 Mixed 29 23% 30.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.21 65% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 61%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 85GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 30 Write 24.8 Mixed 8.19 24% 21 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 0.16 4K Mixed 0.08 11% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 25.1 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 133 30% 133 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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