MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	89.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180502
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '18 at 02:15
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	70% Good	Memory 77.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 204 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 590 56% 464 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.6 93% 110 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,141 Write 1,076 Mixed 748 220% 989 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 55.1 191% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 624 DQ Write 684 DQ Mixed 570 452% 626 MB/s
Poor: 83% Great: 185%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 123GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 423 427 434 437 436 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 473 Mixed 341 SusWrite 430 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 43.7 162% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 151 165% 278 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 116%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 424GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 116 117 116 117 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 114 Write 110 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 116 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 76%
WD WD2002FYPS-01U1B0 2TB 7,087 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1.5TB free Firmware: 04.01G02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 93 93 92 93 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 95.8 Write 88.8 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 92.4 66% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 174% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14/8G KHX2400C15/8G 16GB 1,493 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2800, 2800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 30.4 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 24.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 85.7 47% 85.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 81%

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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 $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 $133	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