MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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	50.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '18 at 21:02
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 2700X-$199 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 66.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 242 78% 144 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 756 74% 607 Pts	64-Core 1,311 81% 1,311 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Nvidia(10DE 12AD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 128 Parallax 130 110% 131 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 130 Splatting 104 107% 136 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 59 65 58 132 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 451 Write 348 Mixed 277 SusWrite 104 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 18.6 74% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 65.5 DQ Mixed 36.1 42% 72.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 319GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 183 184 185 183 177 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 154 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 182 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NMUD480E81-3200 2x8GB 533 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 19.7 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 111%

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

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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	823x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	340x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	269x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	327x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	267x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16