MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.2% 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	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190708
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '19 at 02:48
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 1500X-$131 70,038 User benchmarks, average bench 66% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 72.6 1-Core 111 2-Core 220 74% 135 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 606 61% 494 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Lighting 38.7 Reflection 29.8 Parallax 37.4 32% 35.3 fps	MRender 37.6 Gravity 38.5 Splatting 36.6 31% 37.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 301 287 224 148 112 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 481 Mixed 392 SusWrite 242 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 53.7 181% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 313 229% 304 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 227GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 67 68 68 68 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 115 Write 110 Mixed 66 SusWrite 67.5 66% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 22GB free Firmware: HPH4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 161 158 159 161 161 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 195 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 160 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 1,091 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.2% Very good	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 26.6 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 21 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 95.6 42% 95.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 104%

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

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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	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 $40Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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