MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	26.7% 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	57.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). 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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '17 at 19:52
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	44%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 90.3 2-Core 159 66% 111 Pts	4-Core 303 8-Core 430 46% 366 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.7% Poor	Lighting 36.1 Reflection 23.5 Parallax 25.9 29% 28.5 fps	MRender 16.9 Gravity 24 Splatting 34.1 22% 25 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso Sata III 120GB 2,648 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1111A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^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 8 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 47 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 60 (A3) Unknown 100 100 19 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1223 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 2 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4507 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4055 (F5) Unknown 100 100 9784	57.1% Above average	Read 453 Write 139 Mixed 211 58% 268 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 20.3 85% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 82.7 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 29.5 44% 80.6 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 102%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 884GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 11177872 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1214 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 362085795 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12989 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1220 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 10 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 61 35 31993868058663 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 272 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4713 (C2) HDA temperature 39 65 38654705703 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -3350074477974 (F1) Unknown 100 253 57204946620 (F2) Unknown 100 253 113955734342	74.5% Very good	Read 116 Write 143 Mixed 134 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 4.22 4K Mixed 0.81 198% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 29.2 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 15.2 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 103%

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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 $134	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