MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	13.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	95.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

High background CPU (27%). 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	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170327
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '17 at 01:14
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 72.6 1-Core 95.6 2-Core 194 68% 121 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 636 60% 498 Pts	64-Core 947 59% 947 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8561) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	13.2% Very poor	Lighting 14.8 Reflection 21.2 Parallax 18.5 12% 18.2 fps	MRender 18 Gravity 18.8 Splatting 19.3 15% 18.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 60GB 4,789 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 38GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 52192442609360 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3183 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 115 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (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 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14401 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11011 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11011 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14916	39% Below average	Read 193 Write 62.4 Mixed 93.2 25% 116 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 12.2 84% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 76.2 DQ Write 62.2 DQ Mixed 23.4 30% 53.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 52%
Samsung PM810 2.5" 7mm 128GB 4,365 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 21GB free Firmware: AXM08D1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 94 94 186 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3388 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 379 (AF) Unknown 95 95 98 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B2) Unknown 68 68 648 (B3) Unknown 69 69 1240 (B4) Unknown 69 69 2792 (B5) Unknown 95 95 186 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 95 95 186 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 2947 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 199 199 2947 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 68 68 1368 (F1) Unknown 93 93 278549144 (F2) Unknown 51 51 2113075392	46.9% Average	Read 250 Write 243 Mixed 245 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 9.88 62% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 66.3 DQ Mixed 10.1 29% 62.5 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 50%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9660 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1340 (B1) Unknown 93 93 134 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 44 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 132 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24221554337	95.6% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 413 Mixed 419 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 32.6 138% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 84.6 91% 152 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 115%
Seagate ST3500620AS 500GB-$145 5,462 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 71GB free Firmware: DE13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 87 219186846 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11827 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 26 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30337568561 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 41691 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 98 192 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4130 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1495 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065674 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 589365281 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 47244640289 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 23 219186846 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -52810917831319 (F1) Unknown 100 253 68650517 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2569366467	45% Average	Read 87.7 Write 69.1 Mixed 76 58% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.32 66% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.1% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 26.2 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 23.5 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 95.4 42% 95.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 45%

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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	819x
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	327x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	265x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $461

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16