MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.5% 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	217% 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 (18%). 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171205
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '19 at 01:01
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 as expected (50^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 70.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 203 70% 126 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 686 65% 538 Pts	64-Core 969 60% 969 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.5% Above average	Lighting 65.9 Reflection 66.8 Parallax 83.7 54% 72.1 fps	MRender 66.2 Gravity 67.1 Splatting 54.1 50% 62.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 727 426 420 425 428 426 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 2,142 Write 1,914 Mixed 1,389 SusWrite 475 330% 1,480 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 66.7 220% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 871 DQ Write 642 DQ Mixed 823 597% 779 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 302%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 31GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 81 79 76 75 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 139 Write 110 Mixed 110 SusWrite 76.9 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 28.6 107% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 95.7 77% 109 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 73%
Sandisk S3 1T02 1TB 12,047 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 599GB free Firmware: 40101000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 431 438 440 435 439 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 368 Write 395 Mixed 353 SusWrite 436 88% 388 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 44.2 151% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 239 210% 315 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 122%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 857GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 178 177 177 179 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 180 Mixed 109 SusWrite 178 121% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 2x8GB 8,162 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.7% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 24.1 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.5 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 90%

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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 $45Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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