MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	39.1% 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	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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170316
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '17 at 08:28
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 below expectations (13^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Memory 68.7 1-Core 92.5 2-Core 174 64% 112 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 586 54% 449 Pts	64-Core 1,071 66% 1,071 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3966) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Lighting 51.8 Reflection 48.2 Parallax 43 42% 47.6 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 43.4 Splatting 38.9 33% 40.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 229869744 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 667 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4975731 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1982 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 463 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 61 46 689242151 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8259 (C2) HDA temperature 39 54 85899345959 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -34213709478761 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8347887443 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4635743123	94.7% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 152 Mixed 154 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.22 71% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 23033 (03) Spinup time 139 137 4025 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3064 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21852 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3014 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2999 (C2) HDA temperature 99 83 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 5 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 5	60.7% Good	Read 110 Write 101 Mixed 108 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.24 84% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 2408 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2920 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17564 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2534 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2865 (C2) HDA temperature 99 85 44 (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	56.1% Above average	Read 106 Write 88.9 Mixed 90 71% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.31 107% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4 2x8GB 1,403 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	40.7% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 12.5 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 96%

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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 $51Bench 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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 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 $289	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 $550	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