MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.2 GHz
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20170410
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '17 at 20:19
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X-$131 70,038 User benchmarks, average bench 66% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 75.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 209 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 579 57% 468 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Lighting 80.5 Reflection 78.1 Parallax 68.1 66% 75.6 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 69.2 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222238608 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1419 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 306840739 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8615 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1186 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 30065229845 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 68 39 180977467424 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 175 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13443 (C2) HDA temperature 32 61 94489280544 (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 -43696997261101 (F1) Unknown 100 253 33838744791 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1900713488200	76.7% Very good	Read 146 Write 121 Mixed 122 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 112%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 87GB free Firmware: GG2OA6C0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 241 241 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 67 67 52865 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 99 99 65536 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 7527 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2627 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 147 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 373137 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 283469152284 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 33 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	41% Average	Read 71.3 Write 71.7 Mixed 71.3 54% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.15 51% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2400 CL16 8GB 1x8GB 2,022 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	45.8% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 14.6 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 89.4 45% 89.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 47%

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

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 $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	171x
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 $274	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