MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% 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	210% 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.

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190123
Uptime	21.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '19 at 05:32
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (58^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-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 70.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 72% 131 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 685 68% 555 Pts	64-Core 1,118 69% 1,118 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 186 Parallax 164 130% 170 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 177 Splatting 123 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6L7QCXY7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 842 629 631 626 626 621 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,810 Write 1,475 Mixed 882 SusWrite 662 269% 1,208 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 62.1 205% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 806 DQ Write 672 DQ Mixed 739 554% 739 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 259%
Samsung MZ7TD256HAFV-000L7 256GB 6,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 144GB free Firmware: DXT02L5Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 245 252 250 250 252 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 458 Write 252 Mixed 176 SusWrite 249 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 25.1 109% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 65.7 108% 213 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 80%
Crucial MTFDDAK1T0MBF 1TB 140 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 693GB free Firmware: LN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 428 429 430 433 436 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 381 Write 432 Mixed 288 SusWrite 430 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 35.6 136% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 136 130% 195 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 101%
Seagate ST4000NM0035 03X4440 LENOVO 4TB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2TB free Firmware: LJ84 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 167 167 169 170 169 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 189 Mixed 89 SusWrite 168 115% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 1.1 259% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 117%

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 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 25.6 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 20.5 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 110%

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

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Typical B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 3,073 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

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