MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 06:09
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 85 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 666 65% 535 Pts	64-Core 866 54% 866 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6769) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2256 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Lighting 82.5 Reflection 82.1 Parallax 78.4 67% 81 fps	MRender 78.3 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 74.9 62% 76.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SX850 256GB 659 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0518BS Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^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 100 100 774 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 109 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 54 (A3) Unknown 100 100 12 (A4) Unknown 100 100 5532 (A5) Unknown 100 100 34 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 11 (94) Unknown 100 100 6294 (95) Unknown 100 100 207 (96) Unknown 100 100 18 (97) Unknown 100 100 185 (9F) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1500 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 310 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 82 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 37248 (F2) Unknown 100 100 32343 (F5) Unknown 100 100 99576	99.2% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 484 Mixed 505 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 36 130% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 76.7 91% 159 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 126%
Adata SU800NS38 128GB 7,443 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 118GB free Firmware: Q0125D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^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 1148 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 418 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 38 (A3) Unknown 100 100 7 (A4) Unknown 100 100 40160 (A5) Unknown 100 100 101 (A6) Unknown 100 100 19 (A7) Unknown 100 100 79 (94) Unknown 100 100 64918 (95) Unknown 100 100 1941 (96) Unknown 100 100 1809 (97) Unknown 100 100 1909 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1500 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 28 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 79 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 153943 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 153943 (F2) Unknown 100 100 180826 (F5) Unknown 100 100 321280	74.4% Very good	Read 501 Write 303 Mixed 335 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 52.8 4K Mixed 23.9 102% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 33.9 48% 89.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 580GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1620 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2332 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 425 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 183 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21546 (C2) HDA temperature 109 103 34 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 367 (F1) Unknown 200 200 19177641109 (F2) Unknown 200 200 16812039025	105% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 162 Mixed 158 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.27 125% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73 54,616 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 45.6 MC Write 43.5 MC Mixed 37.4 120% 42.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 33.1 94% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 129%

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

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 $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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