MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	130% 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	226% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

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	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180502
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '18 at 22:57
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 72.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 222 74% 135 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 818 76% 631 Pts	64-Core 1,222 76% 1,222 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 203 Parallax 178 148% 187 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 179 Splatting 123 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Lighting 73.8 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 65.4 60% 72 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 73.5 59% 72.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1371 314 315 313 311 313 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 2,126 Write 1,522 Mixed 698 SusWrite 489 267% 1,209 MB/s	4K Read 55.4 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 56.6 236% 87.2 MB/s	DQ Read 952 DQ Write 835 DQ Mixed 743 598% 843 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 76GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 121 121 124 117 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 413 Write 146 Mixed 214 SusWrite 124 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 38.7 144% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 107 97% 150 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 73%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$81 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 169 168 170 168 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 160 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 169 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 27.7 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 26.5 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 95 42% 95 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 120%

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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	819x
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	327x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	265x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $453

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16