MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	47.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (68%). 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180502
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '18 at 19:38
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	68%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X-$131 70,038 User benchmarks, average bench 66% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	67% Good	Memory 71.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 221 74% 134 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 605 56% 470 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B37) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.1% Average	Lighting 57.7 Reflection 63.5 Parallax 74.3 47% 65.2 fps	MRender 66.3 Gravity 55.8 Splatting 53.3 47% 58.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,688 Write 1286 Mixed 534 257% 1,169 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 39.8 162% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 945 DQ Write 777 DQ Mixed 649 544% 791 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 20GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 3.5 1.1 2.4 1.9 1.8 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26.5% Poor	Read 265 Write 51.2 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 2.5 17% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 8.8 4K Write 30.1 4K Mixed 2.4 32% 13.8 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 8.3 DQ Mixed 22.5 49% 109 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 123 126 128 125 134 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 106 Write 101 Mixed 68 SusWrite 128 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.5 196% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 90%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 114GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 60 62 62 63 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 57.2 Write 60.5 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 61.9 46% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 930GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 181 181 182 181 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 115 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 182 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (95^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.3% Very good	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 26.7 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 22.8 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 97.5 41% 97.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 80%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

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