MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.7% 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	62.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 13 '19 at 07:38
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 79.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 231 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 772 75% 616 Pts	64-Core 970 60% 970 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 120 Parallax 100 86% 108 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 105 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 480GB-$180 3,042 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 265 233 219 209 196 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 362 Write 268 Mixed 352 SusWrite 231 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 22.8 4K Mixed 25.2 88% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 94 DQ Mixed 120 99% 147 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 69%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 684GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 31 30 31 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 148 Write 26.8 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 30.5 45% 61 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 107%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 39 38 39 39 39 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 63% Great: 109%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 128GB 263 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 112GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 75 Write 72.1 Mixed 67.1 SusWrite 77.2 99% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 5.6 365% 5.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 33.1 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 27.8 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 110%

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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	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 $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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