MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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	37.8% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '18 at 15:31
Run Duration	466 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 71.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 225 75% 137 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 709 68% 563 Pts	64-Core 902 56% 902 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 360C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Lighting 45.7 Reflection 41.1 Parallax 55.2 37% 47.3 fps	MRender 55.5 Gravity 52.7 Splatting 38.6 39% 48.9 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 474GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 62 (03) Spinup time 174 172 4275 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5314 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25729 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1032 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 140 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5173 (C2) HDA temperature 116 87 31 (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	69.2% Good	Read 138 Write 103 Mixed 124 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.29 84% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 74%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 439GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3020 (03) Spinup time 171 167 4425 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9015 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 27 27 53916 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1590 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8790 (C2) HDA temperature 119 87 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 198 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 198 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 842 (C8) Write error rate 200 198 0 (F0) Head flying hours 41 41 43153 (F1) Unknown 200 200 67614553369 (F2) Unknown 200 200 98676222865	62.9% Good	Read 120 Write 99.4 Mixed 103 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.33 94% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 75%
Seagate ST9250827AS 250GB 3,473 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AHC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1854 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4422867071 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3757 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1659 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 830 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 27 465082122265 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 961 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 57323 (C2) HDA temperature 25 73 60129542169 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 62 59 28952909 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 146	32.2% Below average	Read 56.5 Write 55.6 Mixed 52.2 41% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.28 70% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 35%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 175GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 153 5216 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9692 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 30 30 51761 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5562 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 326 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9692 (C2) HDA temperature 118 75 29 (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	41.1% Average	Read 74.4 Write 68.4 Mixed 73 54% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.42 121% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 51%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 132GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 36.3 Write 38.8 Mixed 19.5 39% 31.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.38 61% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 18%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 5GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	2.66% Terrible	Read 11.8 Write 3.05 Mixed 4.54 7% 6.45 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.002 5% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.66% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.5% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 24.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 97.9 41% 97.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 79%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

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	78x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16