MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '19 at 20:18
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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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 5 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 78.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 200 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 629 60% 496 Pts	64-Core 842 52% 842 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% PowerColor(148C 2388) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.2.1 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.2% Very good	Lighting 87.4 Reflection 80 Parallax 134 71% 101 fps	MRender 81 Gravity 95.6 Splatting 110 80% 95.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900612 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 434 Write 280 Mixed 78 58% 264 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 33.5 4K Mixed 14.5 38% 16.3 MB/s	DQ Read 40.8 DQ Write 48 DQ Mixed 84.1 52% 57.6 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 87%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 466GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 422 414 415 415 413 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 466 Write 427 Mixed 368 SusWrite 416 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 45.5 4K Mixed 31.4 102% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 169 127% 170 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 116%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 36GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 141 141 140 141 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 105 Write 100 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 139 66% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 888GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 193 193 194 194 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 162 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 192 114% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 32.7 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 25.1 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 83 48% 83 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 104%

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Gaming 45%

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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	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 $45Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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