MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.7% 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	215% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180502
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '18 at 06:19
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X-$102 38,959 User benchmarks, average bench 65% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 73.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 76% 138 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 443 59% 441 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 77%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD Radeon R5 220 1,709 User benchmarks, average bench 1% XFX(1682 5220) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.12% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 1.77 Parallax 1.62 1% 1.59 fps	MRender 1.67 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.61 1% 1.37 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.12% Great: 1%
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 1962) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.7% Below average	Lighting 44.7 Reflection 44.7 Parallax 43.7 36% 44.3 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 36 31% 38.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 611 284 297 287 294 297 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 2,369 Write 1,469 Mixed 1,283 SusWrite 345 302% 1,367 MB/s	4K Read 58.7 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 75.8 253% 87.2 MB/s	DQ Read 505 DQ Write 419 DQ Mixed 481 355% 468 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 280%
Patriot Torch 60GB-$30 156 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 29GB free Firmware: S9FM02.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 79 85 78 79 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 437 Write 125 Mixed 192 SusWrite 81.1 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 21.3 118% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 99.3 DQ Mixed 8.2 35% 78.3 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 65%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 309GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 101 104 102 104 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 114 Write 115 Mixed 72 SusWrite 102 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 85%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 925GB free Firmware: 2BA30014 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 110 105 109 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 108 Write 55.5 Mixed 63 SusWrite 109 62% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 214% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 29.3 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 93.1 43% 93.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

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

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Desktop 77%

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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 $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 $295	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16