MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	237% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '17 at 04:57
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 96.6 2-Core 196 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 779 69% 586 Pts	64-Core 1,071 66% 1,071 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Lighting 82.5 Reflection 58.3 Parallax 106 67% 82.2 fps	MRender 58.3 Gravity 77.3 Splatting 74.9 58% 70.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 118GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15170 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1068 (E8) Unknown 100 100 27276738316 (E9) Unknown 96 0 96	92.5% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 361 Mixed 390 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 32.8 132% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 110 129% 224 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 104%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2,768 Write 1,169 Mixed 1,373 388% 1,770 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 24.3 170% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 53.6 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 23.1 52% 101 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 236%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 215 151 8216 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 158 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11081 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (10) Unknown 59 141 1047408529552 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 127 (C2) HDA temperature 116 102 36 (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 0	95.5% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 174 Mixed 161 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 3.23 4K Mixed 0.35 142% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 112%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 124GB 7,722 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 116GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	10% Very poor	Read 34.4 Write 9.67 Mixed 12.7 20% 18.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.45 51% 1.51 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C DDR4 2x8GB 1,740 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 1200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 44 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 32 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 29.4 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 96%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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