MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.4% 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	65% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170919
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '17 at 14:13
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1400-$87 71,313 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 76.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 234 79% 143 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 594 60% 485 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Nvidia(10DE 1C82) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Lighting 39.3 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 37.4 32% 35.9 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 36.6 Splatting 35.7 30% 36.8 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 4596 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 734 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4840522581401 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 131 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 40 257698037805 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2048707985885 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2214 (EA) Unknown 100 100 13695 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5634 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12459 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	65% Good	Read 487 Write 333 Mixed 182 73% 334 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 1.79 59% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 2.97 59% 142 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 680GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 2366 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 631 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1568 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 222 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4077 (C2) HDA temperature 113 104 30 (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	95.3% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 162 Mixed 162 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.3 110% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400 C15 Series 2x4GB 4,971 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 31.6 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 25.4 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 87.9 46% 87.9 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 91%

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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	820x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	340x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	269x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	327x
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 $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $461

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16