MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	51.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170316
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '19 at 17:26
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	70%

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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 67.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 74% 136 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 681 71% 569 Pts	64-Core 888 55% 888 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Lighting 63.8 Reflection 66.3 Parallax 60.2 52% 63.5 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 61.6 Splatting 54 51% 63.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 425 Write 340 Mixed 348 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 30.5 4K Mixed 15.1 64% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 18.2 66% 140 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 78%
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 13GB free Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 123 116 127 123 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 382 Write 141 Mixed 187 SusWrite 122 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 24.2 4K Mixed 19.6 67% 21 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 94.8 88% 139 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 92GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 72 73 73 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 60.4 Write 57.4 Mixed 40.2 SusWrite 71.3 42% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 43%
Seagate ST3750640NS 750GB-$38 10,520 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 289GB free Firmware: 3.AF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 50 52 52 52 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	Read 50.3 Write 52.3 Mixed 37.4 SusWrite 51.2 35% 47.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 101% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4 2x8GB 1,403 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 27.5 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 22.1 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 96%

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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%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	825x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	340x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	269x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	328x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	267x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	201x

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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $461

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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