MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 81.2%, 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	158% 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.

Very high background CPU (58%). 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '19 at 12:14
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	58%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 82.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 750 71% 589 Pts	64-Core 932 58% 932 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 145 Parallax 125 111% 136 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 132 Splatting 111 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Hellfire NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$233 2,120 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 512 859 915 869 757 562 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 1,042 Write 108 Mixed 356 SusWrite 746 124% 563 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 42.1 149% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 896 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 264 273% 466 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 195%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 545GB free Firmware: R0918B SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 460 436 432 434 432 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 466 Mixed 412 SusWrite 442 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 54.9 182% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 128 161% 286 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 126%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 193 197 196 197 197 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 146 Write 140 Mixed 29 SusWrite 195 92% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2 361% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 110%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 170 172 171 172 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 169 Mixed 100 SusWrite 171 113% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 101%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 753GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 116 117 117 117 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 106 SusWrite 116 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 43.6 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 34.8 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 24.1 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 28.4 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

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

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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 $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 $37
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