MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.7% 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	98.4% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170215
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '18 at 23:27
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	74%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X-$60 30,050 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 68.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 74% 137 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 755 71% 588 Pts	64-Core 1194 74% 1194 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 854F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 120 Parallax 107 91% 113 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 106 Splatting 95.8 82% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 182 189 185 177 179 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 458 Mixed 360 SusWrite 210 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 46.4 163% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 95GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 125 125 124 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 103 Write 97.5 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 124 71% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 219% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 905GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 162 163 165 162 160 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 157 Mixed 110 SusWrite 162 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3400C DDR4 2x16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.8% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 23.8 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 19.6 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 98%

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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%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	818x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	340x
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 $265Bench 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	171x
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 $269	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 $40	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