MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.7% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170913
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '18 at 19:37
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th 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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 72.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 220 74% 135 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 689 67% 549 Pts	64-Core 855 53% 855 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3289) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 67.3 64% 74.4 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 73.2 59% 72 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2822 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 145 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 64 48 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4486346403	92.7% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 413 Mixed 416 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 21.6 132% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 62.8 83% 150 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 201GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 91 242665051 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1653 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 872813862 (09) Power-on hours count 23 23 67609 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1560 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 66 46 572129314 (C2) HDA temperature 34 54 38654705698 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 68 52 106462137 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	49.7% Average	Read 86.8 Write 86.4 Mixed 77.5 63% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.42 100% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (96^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 27.6 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 22.8 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 94.8 42% 94.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 45%

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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