MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 16:21
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	77%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Memory 74.3 1-Core 93.6 2-Core 159 64% 109 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 392 44% 347 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.8.1 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	63.4% Good	Lighting 65.8 Reflection 82.2 Parallax 140 54% 95.9 fps	MRender 83.6 Gravity 89.4 Splatting 120 82% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 301 305 311 309 271 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 412 Write 385 Mixed 337 SusWrite 291 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 21.7 4K Mixed 18.6 62% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 322 242% 323 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 124%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 543GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 117 117 117 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 120 Write 119 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 116 68% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 1x8GB 726 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 1067 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	47.3% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 15.3 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 91.8 44% 91.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.3% 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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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	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