MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '17 at 14:09
Run Duration	347 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 (90^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 76.3 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 197 70% 124 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 780 69% 587 Pts	64-Core 1,079 67% 1,079 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.3% Good	Lighting 83.3 Reflection 83.8 Parallax 75.9 68% 81 fps	MRender 79.7 Gravity 75.9 Splatting 67.7 60% 74.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 770 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 135 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 62 61 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2967259774	102% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 416 Mixed 416 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 41.5 153% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 96.2 102% 172 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$89 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 112GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4136 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 411 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 68 62 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18110411264	105% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 409 Mixed 419 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 45 159% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 100 109% 183 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 133%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 151GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 169 8125 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11305 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 35899 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3015 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 375 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 989376 (C2) HDA temperature 119 77 33 (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	30.4% Below average	Read 54.2 Write 51.6 Mixed 51.9 40% 52.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.37 89% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 51%
Generic- SD/MMC 1GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 0316 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	3.52% Terrible	Read 10.9 Write 4.92 Mixed 6.57 9% 7.46 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.05 15% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.52% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 31.9 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 35.7 SC Mixed 26.9 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 87.6 46% 87.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 97%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

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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 $40Bench 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 $40	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