MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	62.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170913
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '18 at 09:20
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 75.7 1-Core 113 2-Core 227 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 798 74% 620 Pts	64-Core 1,231 76% 1,231 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 71 57 58 61 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 449 Write 5.8 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 56.3 28% 130 MB/s	4K Read 67.1 4K Write 13.3 4K Mixed 7.2 118% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 12.6 DQ Mixed 14.7 56% 135 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 114%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 336GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 488 488 488 417 290 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 486 Mixed 463 SusWrite 442 107% 476 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 58 197% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 411GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 107 106 106 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 170 Write 138 Mixed 97.5 SusWrite 106 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 229% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 137GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 76 76 75 73 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 81.8 Write 80.3 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 74.5 55% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GB 25,457 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 28.8 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 24.1 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 88.8 45% 88.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 106%

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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