MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very 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	112% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180502
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '19 at 17:42
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.05 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 81 1-Core 122 2-Core 247 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 720 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 923 57% 923 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 128 Parallax 139 113% 135 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 130 Splatting 101 106% 134 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 280GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 460 382 283 283 284 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 458 Mixed 440 SusWrite 358 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 54.1 182% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 300 225% 298 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 126%
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 233GB free Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 177 182 163 192 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 445 Write 377 Mixed 205 SusWrite 180 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 21.1 108% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 26.7 75% 156 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 76%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 246GB free Firmware: SBFKB1C2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 189 346 191 269 278 MB/s Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	68.7% Good	Read 180 Write 89 Mixed 213 SusWrite 269 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 39 108% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 190 156% 214 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 102%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 65GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 85 86 86 86 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 85.5 Write 96.7 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 85.8 60% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 4,565 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 31.4 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 26.5 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 102%

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

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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 $178	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