MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


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 65.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.6% 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	78.2% 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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '17 at 00:01
Run Duration	427 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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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 7 1700X-$211 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Memory 69.6 1-Core 95.1 2-Core 191 66% 119 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 628 57% 480 Pts	64-Core 1,157 72% 1,157 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B37) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.6% Below average	Lighting 39.5 Reflection 56.6 Parallax 71.8 32% 56 fps	MRender 66.3 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 50.4 42% 52.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^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 2088 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 456 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 36 (AE) Unknown 100 100 51 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2604 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 43 244814381094 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6266774769 (F7) Unknown 100 100 196087517 (F8) Unknown 100 100 146458370	78.2% Very good	Read 514 Write 392 Mixed 414 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 16.7 100% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 17.2 38% 73.1 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 485GB 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 174 168 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 632 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14910 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 587 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 677 (C2) HDA temperature 106 93 37 (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	104% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 186 Mixed 162 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 1.32 4K Write 2.91 4K Mixed 0.37 149% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 403GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 174 2150 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4994 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17349 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 769 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4883 (C2) HDA temperature 106 91 37 (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	76.2% Very good	Read 135 Write 131 Mixed 119 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.29 120% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer U 8GB 539 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 3GB free, PID 55a5 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 24.5 Write 7.64 Mixed 10.9 15% 14.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.13 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 1.5 138% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 13%
Generic UDISK 2GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 2GB free, PID 1320 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	5.04% Terrible	Read 14 Write 6.08 Mixed 7.97 11% 9.36 MB/s	4K Read 6.99 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.007 26% 2.34 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.04% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C DDR4 1x8GB 374 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	39.6% Below average	MC Read 15 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 12.2 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 12.4 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 46%

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

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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	818x
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	326x
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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $453

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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16