MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	41.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170410
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '17 at 09:39
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Memory 69.7 1-Core 94 2-Core 168 64% 110 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 597 55% 458 Pts	64-Core 1,071 66% 1,071 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.8% Average	Lighting 50.2 Reflection 58.2 Parallax 55.9 41% 54.8 fps	MRender 63.1 Gravity 52.6 Splatting 46.8 44% 54.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 1TB-$65 6,111 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 554GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd 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 100 100 104 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 149 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 136 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 44 35 279174185016 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2711611494 (F7) Unknown 100 100 85649057 (F8) Unknown 100 100 18953841 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8729 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	60.4% Good	Read 383 Write 305 Mixed 246 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 35.4 4K Mixed 18.6 72% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 34.6 DQ Mixed 29.6 40% 77.6 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 104%
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 0GB free Firmware: 20150213 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 1214 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 913 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 231 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 20 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2292457 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1154 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1100 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1130 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 137 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (F1) Unknown 100 100 913906 (F2) Unknown 100 100 197385	29.1% Poor	Read 106 Write 61.8 Mixed 76.9 18% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 57.9 4K Mixed 1.64 55% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 14.4 45% 98.6 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 160664608 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1241 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30960483 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5453 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 545 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 71 57 505085981 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 58786 (C2) HDA temperature 29 43 25769803805 (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 95825015343243 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15030050181 (F2) Unknown 100 253 321982838562	94.9% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 145 Mixed 154 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.21 78% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 113%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 850GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 64 10173 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3995 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20192 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1934 (B5) Unknown 100 100 10228120 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 41 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 201862938648 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 32 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4046	56.8% Above average	Read 99.1 Write 98.7 Mixed 108 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.28 90% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 72%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 405GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 141 3866 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4071 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 30756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2159 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 216 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3854 (C2) HDA temperature 117 93 26 (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	69.3% Good	Read 125 Write 116 Mixed 114 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.45 120% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 1067 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 29.9 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 24.7 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 104%

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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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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