MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.6% 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	61.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '19 at 21:37
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 (68^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 70 1-Core 104 2-Core 208 71% 128 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 587 62% 495 Pts	64-Core 850 53% 850 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% PowerColor(148C 2388) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.1 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 97.9 Reflection 86.7 Parallax 153 80% 113 fps	MRender 86.2 Gravity 104 Splatting 124 88% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 202 171 112 57 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 327 Write 225 Mixed 155 SusWrite 129 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 26.4 96% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 125 124% 201 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 107%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 114GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 317 316 315 311 311 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 409 Write 309 Mixed 269 SusWrite 314 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 36.9 137% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 175 152% 220 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 97%
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 477GB free Firmware: S0118C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1725 1727 1740 1719 1108 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	304% Outstanding	Read 2510 Write 1,882 Mixed 1,428 SusWrite 1,418 404% 1,809 MB/s	4K Read 58.6 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 78.5 258% 88.8 MB/s	DQ Read 883 DQ Write 769 DQ Mixed 579 502% 744 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 304% Great: 311%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3200-MR 2x8GB 3,635 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.9% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 26.3 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 20.6 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 101 39% 101 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 109%

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

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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 $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 $295	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