MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.6% 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	238% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191002
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '19 at 02:36
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 1800X-$235 30,050 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 77.5 1-Core 88.4 2-Core 177 66% 114 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 791 66% 570 Pts	64-Core 1,159 72% 1,159 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Gigabyte(1458 230C) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.2 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 97.5 Reflection 82.8 Parallax 145 79% 108 fps	MRender 82.4 Gravity 106 Splatting 119 86% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$58 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 422GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1850 906 1807 897 726 802 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 2,043 Write 1,691 Mixed 657 SusWrite 1,164 310% 1,389 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 49.9 179% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 634 DQ Write 704 DQ Mixed 572 457% 636 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 311%
Seagate ST4000LM016-1N2170 4TB 2,075 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 120 121 116 118 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 116 Write 130 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 107 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.6 240% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 189 191 191 190 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 160 Mixed 84 SusWrite 191 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 0837 1TB 3,852 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 900GB free, PID 0837 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 111 111 110 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 109 Write 106 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 111 130% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 107% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D26BFSB.8FBD2 BLS4G4D26BFSB.8FBD2 BLS4G4D26BFSE.8FB BLS4G4D26BFSE.8FB 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	94.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 32.6 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 28.3 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 85.2 47% 85.2 ns
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 108%

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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	823x
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	327x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	267x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16