MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	139% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180502
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '18 at 18:18
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 82.2 1-Core 121 2-Core 241 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 767 76% 622 Pts	64-Core 999 62% 999 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 124 Parallax 125 104% 126 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 122 Splatting 101 105% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$100 2,434 User benchmarks, average bench 143% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: C2.1.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1008 383 233 234 234 233 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 911 Write 997 Mixed 800 SusWrite 387 174% 774 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 52.4 177% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 704 DQ Mixed 427 355% 499 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 181%
AMD Radeon R3 240GB 4,257 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 123GB free Firmware: P0422C SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 77 78 77 78 78 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 471 Write 420 Mixed 384 SusWrite 106 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 40 134% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 230 194% 281 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 90%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 3TB-$79 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 855GB free Firmware: CV22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 143 144 144 147 146 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 164 Write 138 Mixed 71 SusWrite 144 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 114%
Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB 750GB 31,958 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 690GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 98 98 100 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 46.2 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 96.9 54% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (84^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	102% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 34.4 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 28.8 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

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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	819x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	340x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	269x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	327x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	265x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $453

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16