MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	168% 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

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170919
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '17 at 12:59
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 82.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 796 77% 633 Pts	64-Core 973 60% 973 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Gigabyte(1458 22D0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1395 MHz, MLim: 2200 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 72.9 Parallax 94.9 63% 81.7 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 73.6 Splatting 59.2 55% 67.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Hellfire NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$233 2,120 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 2,248 Write 248 Mixed 437 208% 978 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 51.5 165% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 133 132% 213 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 195%
Kingston SSDNOW 30GB 495 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 28GB free Firmware: AJXA0202 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 50773 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1504 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 618508976362 (AA) Unknown 100 100 279188209762 (AD) Unknown 100 100 98817802536 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 587 (C2) HDA temperature 69 56 188979085343 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	18.9% Very poor	Read 152 Write 41.6 Mixed 63.9 19% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.61 4K Write 28.1 4K Mixed 5.18 33% 13.6 MB/s	DQ Read 7.2 DQ Write 21.5 DQ Mixed 4.84 6% 11.2 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 23%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 221690168 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 317637 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 41 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 61 655687718 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 38 40 90194313254 (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 -31048318582743 (F1) Unknown 100 253 432103593 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8788558906	72% Very good	Read 117 Write 133 Mixed 158 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 5.33 4K Mixed 0.82 221% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 110%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 201GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2724 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 30 30 51757 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1965 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1008 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1715 (C2) HDA temperature 109 98 38 (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	68.5% Good	Read 129 Write 110 Mixed 105 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.4 107% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 138GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2799 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 30 30 51792 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1966 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1011 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1787 (C2) HDA temperature 108 97 39 (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	57.8% Above average	Read 119 Write 82 Mixed 98 75% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.26 82% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 43.1 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 33.9 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 27.6 88% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

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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 $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