MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.7% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '20 at 14:15
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 98.5 2-Core 197 71% 125 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 776 69% 585 Pts	64-Core 1,075 66% 1,075 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4001) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 137 Parallax 137 118% 140 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 125 Splatting 103 106% 134 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 819GB free Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1396 1386 1397 1434 1433 1444 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,502 Write 1,493 Mixed 1,101 SusWrite 1,415 310% 1,378 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 67.7 225% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 58.3 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 78 67% 96 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 295%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 310 309 307 310 306 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 444 Mixed 302 SusWrite 310 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 49.4 156% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 43.9 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 45.9 43% 65.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 536GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 169 168 168 168 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 124 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 168 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 112%
Philips USB Flash Drive 16GB 713 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 14GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.7 4.4 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	4.28% Terrible	Read 12.5 Write 4.7 Mixed 0.5 SusWrite 4.6 6% 5.58 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.28% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	MC Read 40.8 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 31.9 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 38.3 SC Mixed 24.7 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 109%

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Typical B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 3,087 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	822x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	340x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	269x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	327x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	266x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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