MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180502
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '18 at 17:11
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X-$131 70,038 User benchmarks, average bench 66% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 72.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 218 74% 133 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 606 60% 489 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 854A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 66.3 62% 72.9 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 71 Splatting 72.2 59% 71.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$42 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF360000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 81 111 116 35 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 455 Write 355 Mixed 177 SusWrite 76.6 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 29.5 4K Mixed 18.4 70% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 33.1 DQ Mixed 11.8 24% 50.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 55%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 429GB free Firmware: 02.03B02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 90 88 89 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 89.7 Write 89.2 Mixed 61.2 SusWrite 89.4 61% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 69%
Hitachi HTS543216A7A384 160GB 1,045 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 60GB free Firmware: ES1OA70F SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 74 75 74 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 84.7 Write 81 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 74.2 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 44%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 901GB free Firmware: AX1P1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 109 109 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 110 Write 106 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 110 66% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 7,238 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.8% Very good	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 27.3 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 22.8 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 96.2 42% 96.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 111%

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

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