MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.7% 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	94.4% 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.

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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '20 at 03:43
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 83.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 743 75% 610 Pts	64-Core 966 60% 966 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6274) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.7% Very good	Lighting 96.6 Reflection 100 Parallax 84.4 79% 93.8 fps	MRender 88.8 Gravity 88 Splatting 89.3 73% 88.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT24B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 307 306 306 308 308 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 318 Mixed 312 SusWrite 307 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 83 4K Mixed 37.3 140% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 219 182% 262 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 126%
OCZ Vertex 460 480GB-$244 390 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 333GB free Firmware: 1.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 379 456 396 472 397 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 467 Mixed 321 SusWrite 422 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 34.8 130% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 98.6 139% 256 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 108%
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 223GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 236 240 179 120 106 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 384 Write 226 Mixed 296 SusWrite 189 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 38.6 135% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 160 153% 241 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 180GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 136 137 136 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 126 Write 81 Mixed 84 SusWrite 136 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 35.6 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 29.6 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 120%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

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 $45Bench 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