MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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	109% 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	245% 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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '18 at 17:36
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th 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 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 99.8 2-Core 187 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 765 67% 569 Pts	64-Core 1,319 82% 1,319 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.6% 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: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 152 Parallax 130 118% 142 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 142 Splatting 111 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% 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% 298GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1464 1101 585 590 586 594 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,544 Write 2,247 Mixed 1,490 SusWrite 820 396% 1,775 MB/s	4K Read 60.9 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 82.9 283% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 65.4 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 941 479% 387 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 340%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 223GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 265 243 282 282 287 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 478 Mixed 373 SusWrite 306 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 36.4 132% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 120 127% 202 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 101%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 223GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 216 225 231 228 228 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 409 Write 262 Mixed 290 SusWrite 221 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 43.3 155% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 196 152% 206 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 95%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 14,232 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 218GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 84 86 85 86 85 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 74.7 Write 75.7 Mixed 32 SusWrite 85.3 90% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 49%

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 43.7 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 33.1 104% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.6 SC Write 42.2 SC Mixed 30.3 93% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 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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Typical B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 3,073 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	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 $179	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