MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
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	2 GB free of 4 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '18 at 04:59
Run Duration	353 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 3 2200G-$104 181,631 User benchmarks, average bench 60% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.75 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 74.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 230 77% 140 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 460 61% 459 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 72%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SP032GISSD301SV0 31GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 5GB free Firmware: O1026A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (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 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 184 (A3) Unknown 100 100 12 (A4) Unknown 100 100 6278 (A5) Unknown 100 100 10 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (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 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 315 (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 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1465 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1089 (F5) Unknown 100 100 3139	43.9% Average	Read 260 Write 44.3 Mixed 73.9 27% 126 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 43.1 4K Mixed 20.9 92% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 44.1 DQ Mixed 24 31% 56.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 44%
Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB-$145 6,517 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 275GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 94 116378033 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 119 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 183022871 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2781 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 300 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 35 690159657 (C2) HDA temperature 41 65 90194313257 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 76 61 199426084 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	21.3% Poor	Read 72.7 Write 1.65 Mixed 28.3 26% 34.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.15 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.09 29% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (92^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.1% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 13.3 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 91.2 44% 91.2 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 52%

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Gaming 45%

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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	820x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	340x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	269x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	327x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	265x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $461

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16