MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.4% 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 (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180316
Uptime	7.8 Days
Run Date	May 19 '18 at 02:05
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 75.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 226 75% 136 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 680 67% 548 Pts	64-Core 865 54% 865 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6264) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 78 Parallax 74.7 64% 76.9 fps	MRender 69.9 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 70.3 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 623GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8724 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 461 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 66 60 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16491831621	94.4% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 396 Mixed 416 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 39.7 135% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 83 88% 146 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 133%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 194GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 31828004 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7129 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5424397 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7458 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 827 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 30 30 70 (BE) vendor-specific 73 58 454623259 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 64424509467 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 49 31828004 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	45.6% Average	Read 89.3 Write 69.4 Mixed 84 61% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.32 82% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 61%

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 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.5% Very good	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 28.6 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 22.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 90.2 44% 90.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 129%

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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	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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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 $177	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