MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.7% 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	81.2% 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	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '18 at 23:36
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	82%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 (94^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 79.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 187 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 699 66% 547 Pts	64-Core 907 56% 907 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.6% 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 below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 93.4 Reflection 138 Parallax 117 76% 116 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 126 Splatting 105 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 80.7% 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: 182 208 217 150 201 216 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 359 Write 142 Mixed 235 SusWrite 196 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 23.5 4K Mixed 19 64% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 160 146% 224 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 91%
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$97 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 816GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 387 397 398 391 390 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 420 Write 393 Mixed 351 SusWrite 372 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 32.3 4K Mixed 25.7 84% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 281 229% 326 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 81.2% 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 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 32.7 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 23.7 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 80.9 50% 80.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 101% 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 3,076 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	818x
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	326x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	265x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	171x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16