MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 44.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	30.6% 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	53.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '17 at 22:31
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (40^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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	44.8% Average	Memory 60.1 1-Core 38.5 2-Core 84.9 38% 61.2 Pts	4-Core 160 8-Core 285 27% 222 Pts	64-Core 351 22% 351 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 2554) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Lighting 38.8 Reflection 34.8 Parallax 47.4 32% 40.3 fps	MRender 29.3 Gravity 32.6 Splatting 40.4 29% 34.1 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 256GB-$225 3,223 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: HTRAN101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17806 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2121 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 187 187 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 360 (C2) HDA temperature 70 41 253403725854 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	53.2% Above average	Read 464 Write 66.3 Mixed 233 55% 254 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 24.7 80% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 57.5 60% 99.4 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 106%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 104GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 198 198 19925 (03) Spinup time 108 99 7558 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7007 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25274 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2822 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 227 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 124 124 228539 (C2) HDA temperature 119 85 28 (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 1 3113 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.7% Above average	Read 111 Write 93.4 Mixed 89.8 74% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.16 75% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBR2 2x8GB 1,237 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.1% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 25.2 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 19.9 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 127 31% 127 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 87%

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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 $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 $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