MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180502
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '19 at 21:24
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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-$120 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 80.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 242 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 760 76% 621 Pts	64-Core 968 60% 968 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2173) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.7% Below average	Lighting 34.7 Reflection 55.4 Parallax 46.8 28% 45.7 fps	MRender 80.1 Gravity 69.4 Splatting 59.7 56% 69.8 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 188GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2190 621 572 572 572 564 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 2,379 Write 2,240 Mixed 1,442 SusWrite 849 386% 1,727 MB/s	4K Read 60.2 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 80.6 265% 91.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,064 DQ Write 922 DQ Mixed 1,013 754% 1,000 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 82 81 82 74 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 483 Write 88.5 Mixed 138 SusWrite 88.9 43% 200 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 32.7 138% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 130 124% 201 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 434GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 141 140 140 141 139 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 147 Write 143 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 140 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 224% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 929GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 199 199 200 200 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 188 Mixed 81 SusWrite 198 122% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3066 MHz clocked @ 1533 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 30.9 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 22.7 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 107%

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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	821x
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	266x
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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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