MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '18 at 07:24
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 77.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 207 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 649 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 862 53% 862 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 202 Parallax 193 126% 183 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 176 Splatting 132 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 116 131559151 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -32615981627189 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3324 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 374 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 131559151 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 131559151 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 131559151 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20086 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18406 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18406 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17675	58% Above average	Read 451 Write 126 Mixed 194 56% 257 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 12.1 91% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 42.2 58% 107 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 82%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 375GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 163 6583 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11928 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 24079 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4180 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 334 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 113 113 262512 (C2) HDA temperature 117 90 33 (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	51.5% Above average	Read 99.6 Write 79.8 Mixed 88.6 67% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.22 72% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 67%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 4GB 996 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 1603 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	7.31% Terrible	Read 22.6 Write 9.75 Mixed 13.4 17% 15.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.54 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.04 31% 2.54 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 7.31% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (82^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	95.6% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 32.2 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 25.9 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 85.8 47% 85.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 103%

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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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16