MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82% 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	243% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '20 at 18:02
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^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 2400G-$135 127,344 User benchmarks, average bench 63% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 82 1-Core 98.6 2-Core 235 76% 139 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 620 65% 520 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 113 Parallax 96.1 84% 104 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 97 Splatting 95 79% 97 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$104 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 650 334 337 338 339 335 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,451 Write 1,474 Mixed 1,042 SusWrite 389 295% 1,339 MB/s	4K Read 57.4 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 76.3 260% 92.1 MB/s	DQ Read 944 DQ Write 868 DQ Mixed 902 678% 905 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 280%
Seagate ST3000NM0033-9ZM178 3TB 1,501 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 485GB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 147 152 145 151 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 106 Write 136 Mixed 89 SusWrite 147 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 89GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 142 147 148 148 145 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 150 Write 149 Mixed 114 SusWrite 146 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 109%
Hitachi HTS541010B7E610 1TB 40,802 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 834GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 90 92 88 91 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 65.7 Write 82.5 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 88.7 63% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.7 244% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 33 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 41.2 SC Mixed 27.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 96%

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

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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	823x
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	327x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	267x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $32Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16