MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.2% 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	67.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '17 at 17:15
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 72.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 179 69% 121 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 591 58% 474 Pts	64-Core 806 50% 806 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E221) 2GB CLim: 860 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	Lighting 25.9 Reflection 27.4 Parallax 33.4 21% 28.9 fps	MRender 23.4 Gravity 20.5 Splatting 32.4 22% 25.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 234GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th 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 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 34 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 54 197569937448 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 67659524 (F7) Unknown 100 100 2130677 (F8) Unknown 100 100 287672 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1262 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	67.6% Good	Read 451 Write 332 Mixed 322 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 11.4 78% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 11.3 47% 105 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 672GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 154085704 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11749 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22548210 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 26238 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 208 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 327685 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 3423610798111 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 122 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 28 28 144364 (C2) HDA temperature 31 42 -140737488355297 (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 -12073153064080 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5014743402 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9755737176	96.4% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 153 Mixed 141 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.29 81% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 114%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 58GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 97947 (03) Spinup time 133 128 4325 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2351 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38147 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2219 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 840 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2351 (C2) HDA temperature 110 93 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 6 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 99.4 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.41 106% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 1x8GB 8,943 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.1% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.9 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 14.3 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 95.8 42% 95.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 58%

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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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16