MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.4% 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	88% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180502
Uptime	14.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '19 at 00:16
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 82 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 801 79% 647 Pts	64-Core 989 61% 989 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 87% 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: 419.35 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 95.1 Reflection 105 Parallax 98.9 78% 99.5 fps	MRender 147 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 92 89% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 81.4% 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% 163GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2072 655 655 654 655 655 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 2,485 Write 2,112 Mixed 1,636 SusWrite 891 398% 1,781 MB/s	4K Read 62.3 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 83.1 278% 96.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,102 DQ Write 945 DQ Mixed 1,041 775% 1,029 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$79 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 115 98 96 91 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 493 Write 239 Mixed 287 SusWrite 115 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 38.1 157% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 180 168% 264 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 421GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 64 63 64 64 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 164 Write 73.5 Mixed 61.2 SusWrite 67.6 67% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 929GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 199 204 200 200 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 147 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 197 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 112%
WD Elements 25A2 2TB 18,040 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2TB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 113 113 113 113 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	46% Average	Read 107 Write 108 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 111 131% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 61%

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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 33.7 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 27.4 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%

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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	819x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	340x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16