MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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	249% 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '19 at 21:43
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	44%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 105 2-Core 206 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 656 62% 512 Pts	64-Core 863 53% 863 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 78%

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 (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 127 Parallax 143 110% 135 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 129 Splatting 103 107% 136 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% 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% 247GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 873 576 593 605 617 606 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 2,457 Write 2,213 Mixed 1,572 SusWrite 645 384% 1,722 MB/s	4K Read 57.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 75.2 246% 83.8 MB/s	DQ Read 902 DQ Write 656 DQ Mixed 823 603% 794 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 340%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 223GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 207 182 209 218 215 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 454 Write 288 Mixed 273 SusWrite 210 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 40.3 148% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 264 202% 275 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 17,029 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 44.6 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 34.7 114% 40.1 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 28.6 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 80.1 50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%

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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%

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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	816x
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 $39Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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