MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '18 at 15:37
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 1500X-$131 70,038 User benchmarks, average bench 66% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 71.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 220 73% 132 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 520 58% 456 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Lighting 76.5 Reflection 75.3 Parallax 64.9 62% 72.2 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 70.4 Splatting 73 59% 71.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 23GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 515 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 49 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7 (F1) Unknown 100 100 398315641 (F2) Unknown 100 100 312182067	49.4% Average	Read 454 Write 300 Mixed 372 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 12 4K Mixed 6.47 41% 12 MB/s	DQ Read 37 DQ Write 11.3 DQ Mixed 6.93 10% 18.4 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 56%
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 525ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 20790522 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 2568390454816 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2527 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 442 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 47 42952753183 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 42952753183 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 20790522 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 20790522 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 20790522 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11497 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10996 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10996 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9392	52.7% Above average	Read 419 Write 71.8 Mixed 108 43% 199 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 16.5 95% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 94.8 DQ Write 72.7 DQ Mixed 26.6 36% 64.7 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 345GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 220183416 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6440 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 86651686 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12124 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2716 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032838 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 155140292639 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 447 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 58 58 84078 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 -140737488355297 (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 -101893804123701 (F1) Unknown 100 253 53687022922 (F2) Unknown 100 253 71156768560	63.5% Good	Read 122 Write 100 Mixed 87.2 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.14 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.09 32% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 112%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 156GB free Firmware: 0108 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 116 Mixed 68.2 68% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 3.69 4K Mixed 0.49 160% 1.68 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 1x8GB 10,361 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.3% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 12.3 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 13.4 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 98.8 40% 98.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 46%

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Typical B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 3,073 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

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