MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.6% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170913
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '17 at 16:38
Run Duration	345 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 72 1-Core 104 2-Core 211 71% 129 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 705 68% 561 Pts	64-Core 858 53% 858 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 3692) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Lighting 48.1 Reflection 44.9 Parallax 39.8 39% 44.3 fps	MRender 39.1 Gravity 41.4 Splatting 36.3 32% 39 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 684GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 76 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698548 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1802 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18278 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1796 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1802 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1802 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 158914838562 (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	80.3% Excellent	Read 146 Write 134 Mixed 135 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 107%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 610GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 167 164 6650 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10661 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18125 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1795 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 159 159 124832 (C2) HDA temperature 117 113 33 (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 3	47.5% Average	Read 87.2 Write 78.2 Mixed 83.8 63% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.13 57% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 190GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 187329415 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8768 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 104534390 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35235 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3216 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 522125343 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 38654705695 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 20 187329415 (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 -31568009580918 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2086715459 (F2) Unknown 100 253 49938540	41.1% Average	Read 87.9 Write 55.3 Mixed 57.8 50% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.24 67% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 68%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 8GB 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 8GB free, PID 007a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.59% Terrible	Read 26.6 Write 4.39 Mixed 7.32 12% 12.8 MB/s	4K Read 7.48 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.003 28% 2.49 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.59% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78% Very good	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 27.2 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 20.7 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 96.8 41% 96.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 103%

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Gaming 45%

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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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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