MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 01:49
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 73.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 79% 145 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 958 85% 719 Pts	64-Core 1,320 82% 1,320 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.3.2 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 55.9 Parallax 101 64% 78.4 fps	MRender 55.8 Gravity 77.1 Splatting 72.7 57% 68.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5718 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1543 (B1) Unknown 91 91 100 (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 71 58 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 319 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15400032681	51.8% Above average	Read 492 Write 105 Mixed 127 52% 241 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 65.6 4K Mixed 9.29 82% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.6 DQ Write 88.5 DQ Mixed 25.3 28% 45.1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 73%
WD WD15EZRX-00DC0B0 1.5TB 1,212 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 348GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 168 4050 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1569 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5771 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1430 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 282 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 43054 (C2) HDA temperature 120 104 27 (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	67.2% Good	Read 119 Write 115 Mixed 108 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.23 81% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 83%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 6GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 41 (03) Spinup time 152 148 3391 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4741 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14407 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4670 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 687 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4053 (C2) HDA temperature 112 101 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 7 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49% Average	Read 88.6 Write 82.1 Mixed 77.2 62% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.26 84% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB 8,261 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 1067 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 31.9 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 27.1 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 94.1 42% 94.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 90%

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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 $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