MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	188% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '20 at 17:55
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X-$131 70,038 User benchmarks, average bench 66% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 607 65% 516 Pts	64-Core 608 38% 608 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3733) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Lighting 46.9 Reflection 32 Parallax 39.2 38% 39.4 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 42.1 Splatting 37.2 32% 39.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 590 280 277 275 275 274 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1,916 Write 1,156 Mixed 570 SusWrite 328 218% 993 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 52.5 192% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 932 DQ Write 532 DQ Mixed 592 478% 685 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$22 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 154GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 70 74 74 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 116 Write 105 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 71.8 67% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 88%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 53GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 37 Write 33.5 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 37 47% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 94% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 22%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 441GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 37 Write 38 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 39 48% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 91% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (98^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	106% Outstanding	MC Read 42.6 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 35.6 112% 39.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 27.7 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%

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Gaming 45%

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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 $129Bench 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 $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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