MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.8% 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	92% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190708
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '19 at 00:24
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 75.1 1-Core 83.8 2-Core 168 63% 109 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 669 65% 532 Pts	64-Core 1,174 73% 1,174 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 22F1) CLim: 1365 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.8% Very poor	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 70.9 Parallax 91.2 0% 54 fps	MRender 64.6 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 57.1 52% 64.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 250GB-$89 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 187 177 179 177 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 198 Mixed 256 SusWrite 187 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 41.8 158% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 225 184% 260 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 100%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 117GB free Firmware: 3.2.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 353 347 367 361 356 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 453 Write 330 Mixed 83.9 SusWrite 356 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 18.1 4K Mixed 13.7 54% 16.5 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 19.2 DQ Mixed 20.1 16% 24 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 56%
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 112GB free Firmware: SBFMB1.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 130 134 129 133 299 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 396 Write 134 Mixed 167 SusWrite 188 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 26.8 113% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 93.3 84% 127 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK4GX4M1A2400C14 CMK4GX4M1A2400C16 8GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 29.2 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 25.4 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 90.2 44% 90.2 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 98%

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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 $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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