MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). 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	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '19 at 02:14
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 71.1 1-Core 96.8 2-Core 191 67% 120 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 671 64% 531 Pts	64-Core 814 50% 814 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 440.97 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.4% Good	Lighting 47.5 Reflection 182 Parallax 169 39% 133 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 181 Splatting 122 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,384 Write 2,143 Mixed 1,550 450% 2,026 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 67.8 217% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 738 DQ Write 523 DQ Mixed 686 498% 649 MB/s
Poor: 214% Great: 372%
Corsair Force 3 60GB 4,789 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 9GB free Firmware: 1.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 60 65 66 68 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 193 Write 71.5 Mixed 102 SusWrite 65.2 24% 108 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 27.3 108% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 68.2 DQ Mixed 89.5 70% 98.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 52%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 150GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 300 295 294 295 275 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 476 Mixed 399 SusWrite 312 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 55 169% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 361 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 25.1 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 22.1 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 98.9 40% 98.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 119%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 3,073 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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