MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	38.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	100% 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	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170913
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '17 at 14:41
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^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 (83^rd percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 70.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 209 71% 128 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 676 67% 546 Pts	64-Core 843 52% 843 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% PowerColor(148C 2372) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.9.3 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.1% Below average	Lighting 43.5 Reflection 63.9 Parallax 59.8 36% 55.8 fps	MRender 62.1 Gravity 42.7 Splatting 53.7 43% 52.8 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 25GB free (System drive) 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 98 98 7013 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 738 (B1) Unknown 95 95 98 (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 67 48 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 106 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31009697487	100% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 414 Mixed 420 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 39.9 148% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 85.7 93% 159 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 124%
Maxtor 6L250S0 251GB-$46 928 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 234GB free Firmware: BANC1G10 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 183 181 27320 (04) Start/Stop count 250 250 6394 (05) Reallocated sector count 225 219 286 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 250 238 62811 (09) Power-on hours count 176 176 36355 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 242 242 4426 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 253 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 5876 (C4) Reallocation count 175 175 78 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 246 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 163 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 195 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 8 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 240 240 160 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	23.4% Poor	Read 30.4 Write 50.3 Mixed 51.1 33% 43.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.42 123% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 35%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 38GB free Firmware: CV22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 89 90093824 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3231 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34612365346 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16577 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2234 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 424 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131334 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1289 (BE) vendor-specific 75 55 420741145 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 408 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3237 (C2) HDA temperature 25 45 55834574873 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	60.9% Good	Read 111 Write 102 Mixed 103 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.15 57% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.7% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 24.7 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 99.9 40% 99.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 105%

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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	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 $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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