MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	82.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (82%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180724
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '18 at 22:13
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	82%

PC Performing above expectations (61^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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 79.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 690 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 897 56% 897 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 6775) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 138 Parallax 118 108% 130 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 123 Splatting 106 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 222GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 220 204 220 215 157 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 364 Write 249 Mixed 261 SusWrite 206 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 22.8 4K Mixed 18.8 63% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 162 144% 219 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 91%
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$85 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 814GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 365 388 398 383 387 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 443 Write 416 Mixed 284 SusWrite 382 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 30.7 4K Mixed 25.9 83% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 259 217% 315 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 14,957 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (85^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	97.6% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 32.1 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 24.5 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 3,073 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	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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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