MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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	220% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170913
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '18 at 03:10
Run Duration	334 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 above expectations (76^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 71 1-Core 104 2-Core 196 70% 124 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 676 65% 537 Pts	64-Core 856 53% 856 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 78%

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: 397.64 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 150 Parallax 129 114% 140 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 133 Splatting 111 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 2,233 Write 1,143 Mixed 1,185 334% 1,520 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 43.1 174% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 64.9 80% 142 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 30GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15889 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3199 (B1) Unknown 97 97 45 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 49 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 93 93 6865 (EB) Unknown 99 99 98 (F1) Unknown 99 99 60122882255	100% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 412 Mixed 421 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 40.7 158% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 86.6 79% 120 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 134%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$194 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 36 (03) Spinup time 205 143 8750 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11020 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15266 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3096 (10) Unknown 6 194 111612263081 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10874 (C2) HDA temperature 112 104 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 41 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 40 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 43	76.4% Very good	Read 134 Write 132 Mixed 139 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.98 4K Mixed 0.28 123% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 98%
IT1165 USB Flash Disk 8GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 1165 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	5.7% Terrible	Read 19.3 Write 5.01 Mixed 6.37 10% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.64 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.005 29% 2.55 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.7% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 27 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 19.7 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 99.1 40% 99.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 110%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	818x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	340x
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	171x
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 $269	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 $177	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