MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very 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	211% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170622
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '17 at 01:12
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 81.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 765 77% 627 Pts	64-Core 1,002 62% 1,002 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393); evga 1080ti sc CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2967 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 204 Parallax 185 125% 181 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 187 Splatting 133 123% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 2,036 Write 1,251 Mixed 1,183 329% 1,490 MB/s	4K Read 52.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 28 172% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 52.9 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 26 34% 60.5 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 236%
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 21GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5368 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 813 (AB) Unknown 100 100 41972816 (AE) Unknown 100 100 56 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 258 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 92 92 92 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8755 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6052 (F9) Unknown 100 100 501422327	73.8% Very good	Read 458 Write 372 Mixed 411 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 14.9 106% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 22.5 DQ Write 83 DQ Mixed 14.7 22% 40.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 98%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 284GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 131073 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 97 (03) Spinup time 134 134 25787367719 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4083 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 34 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 40612 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1828 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4220 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4220 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 180389150746 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	57.7% Above average	Read 96.6 Write 105 Mixed 101 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.33 79% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (84^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	98.7% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 33 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 37.2 SC Mixed 25.7 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 78.1 51% 78.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 109%

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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

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16