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 below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 40%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Boot Drive	66.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). 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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 01:53
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	40% Below average	Memory 54.8 1-Core 35.8 2-Core 64.9 34% 51.8 Pts	4-Core 137 8-Core 233 22% 185 Pts	64-Core 335 21% 335 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 266GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10410 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 81 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 51 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 62 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14307944782	66.4% Good	Read 501 Write 336 Mixed 366 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 14.5 81% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 26.3 DQ Write 68 DQ Mixed 12.6 20% 35.7 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 104GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 33209 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 614 (B1) Unknown 90 90 113 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 57 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 293 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28240326182	71.5% Very good	Read 482 Write 343 Mixed 343 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 18.2 92% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 84.2 DQ Mixed 36.1 42% 73.8 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 108%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 258GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 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 24 (03) Spinup time 211 164 4425 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 914 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31802 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 489 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 342 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 612644 (C2) HDA temperature 120 96 30 (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 7	51.1% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 78.6 Mixed 64.1 60% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.21 61% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 65%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 29GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 154 4525 (04) Start/Stop count 75 75 25946 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 2 2 71702 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 724 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 249 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 25934 (C2) HDA temperature 112 73 35 (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	52.5% Above average	Read 92.3 Write 90.4 Mixed 82.7 66% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.45 106% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 69%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 64GB 221 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 29GB free, PID 6008 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	8.9% Terrible	Read 37.6 Write 8.26 Mixed 11.4 19% 19.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.03 26% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.9% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	43.5% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 15.4 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 12.4 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 144 28% 144 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 104%

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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 $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $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