MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	105% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '19 at 21:11
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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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 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 78.1 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 192 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 672 63% 523 Pts	64-Core 1,058 66% 1,058 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3730) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 141 Parallax 122 105% 130 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 127 Splatting 105 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 446 411 416 236 219 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 468 Mixed 404 SusWrite 364 97% 429 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 46.4 152% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 238GB free Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1195 863 864 864 866 867 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,978 Write 1,724 Mixed 1,657 SusWrite 920 352% 1,570 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 49.1 166% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 411 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 392 286% 375 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 297%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 169 168 171 170 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 155 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 169 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 132 128 137 137 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 87.7 Write 114 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 131 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 55% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 90%
WD My Passport 25F3 512GB 640 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 177GB free, PID 25f3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 342 Write 352 Mixed 264 406% 319 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 25.1 4K Mixed 20.3 1,612% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 21 DQ Write 34.9 DQ Mixed 25.3 2,126% 27.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 339%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	99% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 34.4 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.1 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 29.8 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 84.1 48% 84.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 120%

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Typical B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 3,073 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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