MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	73.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180502
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '20 at 16:21
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 2400G-$135 127,344 User benchmarks, average bench 63% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 72.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 194 70% 125 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 585 56% 462 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.8% Very good	Lighting 93.2 Reflection 85.6 Parallax 84.6 76% 87.8 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 85.5 Splatting 76.1 70% 86.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS120GSSD220S 120GB 8,401 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1025F8 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 491 Write 404 Mixed 404 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 43.4 149% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 164 146% 213 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 96%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 341GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 108 109 106 108 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 130 Write 130 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 107 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 69%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 131GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 129 126 129 126 129 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 125 Write 136 Mixed 29 SusWrite 126 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 78.CAGPP.BAC0B 1x8GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.4% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 11.8 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 12.2 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 95.4 42% 95.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 42%

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

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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	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 i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359