MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	120% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181228
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '19 at 23:33
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 81.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 771 77% 625 Pts	64-Core 976 60% 976 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% MSI(1462 3680) CLim: 1663 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.2.1 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 106 Reflection 91.2 Parallax 188 86% 128 fps	MRender 90.5 Gravity 131 Splatting 130 98% 117 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Scorch M2 128GB 1,785 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM11.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 454 450 331 173 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 800 Write 450 Mixed 553 SusWrite 337 119% 535 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 44.9 158% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 456 DQ Mixed 330 270% 381 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 131%
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 63GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 27 70 62 27 42 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 508 Write 470 Mixed 383 SusWrite 71.4 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 37.7 136% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 367 DQ Mixed 184 183% 291 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: HP33 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 161 166 165 152 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 176 Mixed 77.9 SusWrite 167 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD 4x4GB 1,332 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (97^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	105% Outstanding	MC Read 40.8 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 36.1 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 39.3 SC Mixed 30.5 91% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 77.6 52% 77.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 102%

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

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Typical B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 3,074 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

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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 $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