MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170522
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '17 at 12:56
Run Duration	315 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 80.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 241 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 952 85% 716 Pts	64-Core 1,313 81% 1,313 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3417) CLim: 1339 MHz, MLim: 2250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.3% Above average	Lighting 64.1 Reflection 64.3 Parallax 91.3 52% 73.3 fps	MRender 67.4 Gravity 61.9 Splatting 54.7 50% 61.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 574 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 209 (64) Unknown 100 100 1059504 (65) Unknown 100 100 101344 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 94 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 624 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 643 (B7) Unknown 100 100 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 219044904995 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1856 (EA) Unknown 100 100 565 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1511 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1837 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	59% Above average	Read 464 Write 183 Mixed 207 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 11.7 75% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 79.8 DQ Mixed 20.4 54% 120 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 82%
Seagate ST3500630NS 500GB-$53 3,965 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 330GB free Firmware: 3.AEG Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 232541855 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1202 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 444161423 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9730 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1030 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 47 690225193 (C2) HDA temperature 41 53 115964117033 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 78 57 94463784 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 41 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	26.9% Poor	Read 45.3 Write 48.3 Mixed 3.33 23% 32.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.3 76% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 89GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 93304101 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 442 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 5012210 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 586 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 346 (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 66 50 572522530 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 447 (C2) HDA temperature 34 24 103079215138 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 93304101 (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 -124227634068964 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3179469468 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2178583416	71.3% Very good	Read 145 Write 104 Mixed 99.4 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.24 75% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 113%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 276GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 29.5 Write 26.1 Mixed 24.4 34% 26.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.1 51% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 44%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 47GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 29.3 Write 27.7 Mixed 18.6 31% 25.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.15 46% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 43%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 16GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Read 27.3 Write 26.9 Mixed 21.7 32% 25.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.12 52% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial STK4U2400D17041C 2x4GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 30.1 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 35.7 SC Mixed 26.5 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 92%

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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	818x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	340x
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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	171x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $453

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16