MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	59.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180316
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 21:34
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 (92^nd percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 76.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 208 72% 129 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 693 67% 550 Pts	64-Core 860 53% 860 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B9) 3GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Lighting 72.2 Reflection 71.6 Parallax 63.7 59% 69.2 fps	MRender 79.5 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 72.3 60% 73.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6402186 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -44598940400076 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 587 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 17 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 46 55837589537 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 55837589537 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6402186 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6402186 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6402186 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 55834574848 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4436 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4434 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4434 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6885 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3670047	53.2% Above average	Read 444 Write 124 Mixed 175 54% 248 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 12.9 88% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 82.6 DQ Mixed 13.4 22% 40.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 208526544 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 274392 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 65 437714970 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 103 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 81604378650 (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 108357729910794 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2303555161 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4736018965	97.7% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 158 Mixed 153 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.23 84% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 114%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 100GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 78.6 Write 78.7 Mixed 46.6 84% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.13 57% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB-$30 19,452 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 30.1 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 25.2 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 88.1 45% 88.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 90.1% 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%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

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