MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (76%). 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	16 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180724
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '18 at 12:44
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	76%

PC Performing as expected (56^th 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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 76 1-Core 114 2-Core 218 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 650 62% 515 Pts	64-Core 846 52% 846 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3962) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.9% Below average	Lighting 43.6 Reflection 43.6 Parallax 38.5 36% 41.9 fps	MRender 38.9 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 35 31% 38 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$22 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 142 42 90 29 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 417 Write 354 Mixed 90.2 SusWrite 105 53% 242 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 37.1 4K Mixed 16.9 44% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 34.4 DQ Mixed 52.9 34% 39.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 174GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 105 106 107 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75% Very good	Read 155 Write 156 Mixed 101 SusWrite 106 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 243% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB 1,274 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 286GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 77 77 78 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 78.5 Write 78 Mixed 46 SusWrite 77.7 51% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 61%
Kingston DT 101 G2 16GB 1,946 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.4 5 3.3 4 3.4 2.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	6.03% Terrible	Read 16.5 Write 3.5 Mixed 3.7 SusWrite 4 7% 6.93 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 51% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.03% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G F4-3000C16-8GISB KHX2133C14D4/4G 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.2% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 23.3 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 22.4 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 88.4 45% 88.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 72%

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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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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	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 $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