MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very 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	37.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '19 at 06:34
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 79.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 235 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 770 76% 619 Pts	64-Core 973 60% 973 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1647 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.2% Below average	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 86.4 Parallax 161 0% 82.6 fps	MRender 85.9 Gravity 119 Splatting 124 92% 110 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 261GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0522A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.5 303 127 5.9 86 2.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 512 Write 441 Mixed 12.8 SusWrite 87.9 58% 263 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 7.2 4K Mixed 0.5 42% 10.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 102%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84 9,234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 862GB free Firmware: ST6OA3BF SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 102 107 108 105 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 115 Write 115 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 106 71% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 852GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 176 175 180 179 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 122 Mixed 81.9 SusWrite 178 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD44G240041 PSD44G240041 PSD44G240082 PSD44G240082 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 28.9 90% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 28.7 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 93%

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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 $179	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