MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '20 at 14:45
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 89.8 1-Core 151 2-Core 296 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 887 87% 711 Pts	64-Core 1,098 68% 1,098 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1573 MHz, MLim: 1025 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.1.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 85.2 Parallax 189 98% 131 fps	MRender 84 Gravity 131 Splatting 120 93% 112 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,103 Write 1,320 Mixed 571 291% 1,331 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 55.3 226% 88.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,058 DQ Write 1,157 DQ Mixed 831 702% 1,015 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 74GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 315 315 316 316 315 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 462 Mixed 408 SusWrite 334 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 65.6 223% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 124%
Plextor M5S 128GB-$75 5,727 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 54GB free Firmware: 1.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 212 211 212 212 212 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 485 Write 213 Mixed 228 SusWrite 211 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 36.3 135% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 177 144% 209 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 84%
ST500LM0 12 HN-M500MB 500GB 315 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 66GB free, PID 0408 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 91 92 92 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 74.3 Write 54.7 Mixed 46.2 SusWrite 92 90% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 37.8 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 27.5 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 38.1 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 110%

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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	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 $178	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