MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	45.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	188% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 48 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170215
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '19 at 15:40
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 63.8 1-Core 97.7 2-Core 196 66% 119 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 776 69% 583 Pts	64-Core 1,054 65% 1,054 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Gigabyte(1458 22D7) CLim: 1230 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Lighting 55.9 Reflection 58.9 Parallax 76.4 46% 63.8 fps	MRender 59.7 Gravity 54 Splatting 52.1 45% 55.3 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$140 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 783 629 623 597 500 305 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1874 Write 1,582 Mixed 634 SusWrite 573 259% 1,166 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 47.8 161% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 484 DQ Mixed 636 472% 632 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 254%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 138GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 471 291 240 245 252 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 380 Write 247 Mixed 207 SusWrite 326 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 37.2 115% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 329 240% 310 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 226GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 159 157 155 159 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 102 Write 112 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 157 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 55% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 133GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 118 117 119 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 154 Write 108 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 118 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 200GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 160 158 110 131 161 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 152 Write 120 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 144 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 95% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4 CMK16GX4 CMK32GX4 CMK32GX4 48GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1067, 1067, 1067, 1067 MHz 8192, 8192, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.9% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 14.6 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 18 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 117 34% 117 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 70%

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Typical B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 3,093 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	823x
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 $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	267x
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 $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16