MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.1% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181101
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '19 at 04:43
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 76.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 212 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 689 65% 541 Pts	64-Core 1,165 72% 1,165 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2307 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 149 Parallax 125 110% 136 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 133 Splatting 114 97% 119 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
T-64 64GB 394 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 59GB free Firmware: T170810a SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 108 109 107 152 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 428 Write 266 Mixed 299 SusWrite 135 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 26 120% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 57.3 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 71 79% 126 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 76%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 314GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411030WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 258 261 258 261 259 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 452 Mixed 284 SusWrite 263 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 44 152% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 253 204% 291 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 123 137 135 132 123 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 122 Write 99.5 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 127 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 72% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 24GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 108 124 138 137 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 140 Write 106 Mixed 74 SusWrite 126 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 7,409 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 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	69.7% Good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 24.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 22.7 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 88.2 45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 111%

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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	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 $45	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