MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% 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	28.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '19 at 22:13
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 78.4 1-Core 92.1 2-Core 182 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 649 58% 492 Pts	64-Core 896 56% 896 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	108% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 180 Parallax 158 111% 158 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 164 Splatting 116 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 66 1.7 2.8 5.4 4.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Read 372 Write 280 Mixed 140 SusWrite 41.1 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 19.2 4K Mixed 9 32% 11.7 MB/s	DQ Read 19.7 DQ Write 20.5 DQ Mixed 41.1 25% 27.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 56%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 250GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 380 437 442 439 432 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 476 Write 443 Mixed 313 SusWrite 420 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 25.8 4K Mixed 26.5 66% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 79.4 104% 190 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 133%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 870GB free Firmware: SM14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 101 100 99 101 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 62.5 Write 83.2 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 100 52% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.4 315% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 26,065 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2733 MHz clocked @ 1367 MHz Performing below potential (98^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	93.1% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 32.9 98% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 31.8 SC Mixed 24.4 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 83.5 48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $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