MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.3% 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	96.3% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191002
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '19 at 21:37
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 72 1-Core 104 2-Core 203 71% 126 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 607 63% 508 Pts	64-Core 826 51% 826 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 99 Parallax 207 95% 141 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 110 Splatting 136 96% 115 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$94 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 297 299 297 278 286 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 463 Mixed 344 SusWrite 304 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 41.8 142% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 252 208% 299 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 107%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$83 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 335GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 120 120 114 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 146 Write 138 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 119 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.9 351% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$63 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 169 170 170 164 169 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 83.5 Write 142 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 167 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.7 212% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 90%
Esata-2 HDS723020BLA642 2TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1.5TB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 136 135 135 132 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 125 Write 127 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 134 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 2,080 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.7% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 25.7 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 24 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 96.8 41% 96.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 114%

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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%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	827x
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	329x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	268x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	202x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	74x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $34Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $464

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Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359