MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (14%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190708
Uptime	9.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '19 at 05:30
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 81.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 778 75% 617 Pts	64-Core 1,244 77% 1,244 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2173) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3925 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 90.3 Reflection 111 Parallax 127 74% 109 fps	MRender 156 Gravity 115 Splatting 93.1 96% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 35 69 72 48 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 434 Write 74 Mixed 117 SusWrite 54.6 37% 170 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 45.1 4K Mixed 23 101% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 72 DQ Mixed 90.2 79% 122 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 87%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 37GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 268 280 274 274 243 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 483 Mixed 402 SusWrite 291 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 57.5 192% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 225GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 100 99 99 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 96.8 Write 77 Mixed 56 SusWrite 99.6 110% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.3 158% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSC.16FBD2 2x8GB 1,824 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	MC Read 39.8 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 35.3 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 24 SC Write 36.1 SC Mixed 28.6 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 98%

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

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Typical B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 3,080 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	820x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	340x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	269x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	327x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	265x
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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $461

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16