MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	195% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '19 at 18:27
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 213 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 648 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 865 54% 865 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6181) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 144 Parallax 124 111% 135 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 139 Splatting 109 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60 15,626 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 516 492 441 469 455 436 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 2,257 Write 510 Mixed 612 SusWrite 468 209% 962 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 49.3 169% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 610 DQ Write 468 DQ Mixed 482 376% 520 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 333%
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 7GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 71 74 75 74 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 391 Write 75.6 Mixed 127 SusWrite 73.7 36% 167 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 55.4 4K Mixed 34.5 120% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 76.2 DQ Mixed 91.2 69% 93.5 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 69%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 139GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 112 112 112 109 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 146 Write 159 Mixed 29.4 SusWrite 110 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.2 393% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 7,238 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 44.8 MC Write 41.5 MC Mixed 35.1 116% 40.5 GB/s	SC Read 24.7 SC Write 38.8 SC Mixed 28.6 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 111%

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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 3,080 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	820x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	340x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $120Bench 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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $461

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16