MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180316
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 17:13
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 below expectations (34^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 70.8 1-Core 103 2-Core 198 69% 124 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 616 59% 485 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 945 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	25.3% Poor	Lighting 31.7 Reflection 28.7 Parallax 38.2 26% 32.9 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 26.7 Splatting 33.9 24% 28.9 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3 1T02 1TB 12,047 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 586GB free Firmware: 40101000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 454 446 453 450 453 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 409 Write 435 Mixed 300 SusWrite 446 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 43.5 150% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 244 214% 320 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 122%
Hitachi HDS721075KLA330 750GB-$99 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 510GB free (System drive) Firmware: GK8OAB0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 52 47 44 55 61 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 77 Write 54.2 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 52 42% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 47%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 466GB free Firmware: CR100-10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 72 72 64 73 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 80.8 Write 14.8 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 69.3 37% 49.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 44%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 376GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 36 35 35 36 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 30.5 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 35.6 43% 31.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.7% Good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 25.1 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 99.6 40% 99.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 104%

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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	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