MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.9% 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	81.7% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170913
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '18 at 18:35
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 76.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 841 78% 649 Pts	64-Core 1,264 78% 1,264 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 109 Parallax 88.7 89% 103 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 103 Splatting 98.3 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0C SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 377 243 148 148 151 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 323 Write 401 Mixed 368 SusWrite 253 76% 336 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 38 135% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 292 211% 271 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 145GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 293 292 292 292 293 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 469 Mixed 374 SusWrite 311 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 45.5 149% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 233 172% 228 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 703GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 152 153 152 154 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 148 Write 147 Mixed 68 SusWrite 153 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 29.9 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 24.6 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 87.1 46% 87.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 90%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 3,096 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	825x
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	328x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	267x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	201x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16