MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.6% 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	21.1% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '18 at 04:33
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 70.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 72% 131 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 832 75% 631 Pts	64-Core 1,152 71% 1,152 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.6% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 144 Parallax 139 111% 140 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 135 Splatting 0.13 60% 83.5 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 45 12 38 26 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 399 Write 306 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 46.6 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 9% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 76%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 899GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 104 106 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 96.3 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 105 73% 98 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 59%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 176 177 179 177 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 138 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 177 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 677GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 155 150 161 159 160 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 148 Write 158 Mixed 74 SusWrite 157 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.8 190% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.4% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 23.7 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 23.3 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 99.7 40% 99.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 120%

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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 $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