MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 10:57
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 78.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 82% 149 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 686 74% 589 Pts	64-Core 1,016 63% 1,016 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 1B82) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2077 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 138 Parallax 117 106% 128 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 124 Splatting 107 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 174 195 195 195 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 493 Write 429 Mixed 243 SusWrite 187 75% 338 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 42.1 142% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 242 199% 285 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 121GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 91 93 94 94 93 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 93.4 Write 93.2 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 93.2 63% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 205 209 207 211 211 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 174 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 208 122% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GB 46,352 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	46.6% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 14.1 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15.5 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 82.9 48% 82.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 47%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $300	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