MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	97.5% 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	19.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191129
Uptime	20.9 Days
Run Date	May 09 '20 at 04:27
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 1700X-$195 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 71.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 216 73% 132 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 552 57% 458 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.5% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 138 Parallax 40.9 104% 102 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 86.6 Splatting 107 84% 102 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM11.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 76 49 47 58 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 376 Write 208 Mixed 166 SusWrite 47.8 44% 200 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.3 4% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 95%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 177GB free Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 357 411 420 440 437 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 438 Mixed 414 SusWrite 409 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 30.8 132% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 48.6 113% 232 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 175GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 132 129 133 134 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 125 Write 125 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 133 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD CL16-16-16 D4-2400 BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 24GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.5% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 25.6 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 23.5 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 98.5 41% 98.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 82%

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

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Typical B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 3,101 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	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