MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 101% UFO


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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	249% 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '18 at 19:17
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 85.6 1-Core 92.7 2-Core 185 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 906 82% 689 Pts	64-Core 1,297 80% 1,297 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 151 Parallax 142 120% 147 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 141 Splatting 111 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1184 1373 587 591 591 592 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 2,522 Write 2,324 Mixed 1,598 SusWrite 820 406% 1,816 MB/s	4K Read 59.6 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 76.5 256% 87.9 MB/s	DQ Read 60.2 DQ Write 748 DQ Mixed 784 494% 531 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 340%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 224GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 276 237 283 286 289 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 478 Mixed 394 SusWrite 308 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 37.7 136% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 199 184% 281 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 101%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 223GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 204 185 173 181 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 394 Write 256 Mixed 291 SusWrite 189 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 40.9 155% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 41.8 78% 152 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73 54,616 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 43.9 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 32.3 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 25.6 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 30.3 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 129%

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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 $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