MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	263% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170622
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '19 at 15:28
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$211 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 72.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 231 77% 140 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 843 76% 637 Pts	64-Core 1194 74% 1194 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 77 Reflection 80.1 Parallax 68.9 63% 75.3 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 76.5 61% 73.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1424 1454 1459 1459 982 774 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 1,978 Write 1,273 Mixed 599 SusWrite 1,258 284% 1,277 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 61.8 216% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,011 DQ Write 803 DQ Mixed 896 674% 903 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 292%
Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA630 3TB-$124 3,178 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 3TB free Firmware: MEAOA5C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 122 123 124 123 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 116 Write 124 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 123 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 27,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.5% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 25.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.2 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 95.7 42% 95.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 107%

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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	820x
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	265x
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 $45Bench 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

Total price: $461

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16