MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.7% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '17 at 19:34
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 71.7 1-Core 98.6 2-Core 196 68% 122 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 786 70% 590 Pts	64-Core 1,080 67% 1,080 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 144 Parallax 124 107% 133 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 130 Splatting 104 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team L5 SSD 120GB 501 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^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 100 100 420 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 304 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 295 (A3) Unknown 100 100 15 (A4) Unknown 100 100 46094 (A5) Unknown 100 100 93 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 88 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4523 (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 8 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 37718 (F2) Unknown 100 100 60071 (F5) Unknown 100 100 92188	66.7% Good	Read 488 Write 127 Mixed 201 59% 272 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 26.3 104% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 57.6 74% 135 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 82%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 619GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 6133 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1256 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4669 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 768 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 242 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21964 (C2) HDA temperature 112 101 38 (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 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.8% Average	Read 88.9 Write 84.4 Mixed 105 70% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.18 77% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 62GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 100 104858280 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1415 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 300653 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2097 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 556 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 56 639172644 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4262 (C2) HDA temperature 36 44 42949672996 (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 102155797135837 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1955542671 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1181044717	63.9% Good	Read 109 Write 114 Mixed 104 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.23 94% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D 1x16GB 192 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	43.8% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.8 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16.4 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 97.6 41% 97.6 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 45%

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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