MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	86.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D 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	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 (36%). 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	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170316
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 17:05
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Memory 63.1 1-Core 93.7 2-Core 176 62% 111 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 593 57% 470 Pts	64-Core 820 51% 820 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 127 Parallax 122 86% 118 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 119 Splatting 98.3 87% 108 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Asmedia ASMT1153 500GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 346GB free Firmware: 0 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 93.7 Mixed 85.4 68% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 218576051 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5270 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 45 501353184 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 31548 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5220 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 44 689242151 (C2) HDA temperature 39 56 55834574887 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 67 60 94823597 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 450 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	32.1% Below average	Read 59 Write 52.6 Mixed 47 40% 52.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.17 60% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 43%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 52GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 142 3816 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11071 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 18985 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2650 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11028 (C2) HDA temperature 116 92 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	52.7% Above average	Read 91.6 Write 92.1 Mixed 92.6 70% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.38 98% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 40GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7106 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13516 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1550 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7080 (C2) HDA temperature 114 100 29 (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	71.1% Very good	Read 120 Write 128 Mixed 150 101% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C DDR4 2x8GB 1,740 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 24 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 16.7 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 96%

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
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 $273	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