MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	88.3% 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	177% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	16.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191129
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '20 at 03:10
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	73%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Memory 73.8 1-Core 92.5 2-Core 165 64% 111 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 604 55% 459 Pts	64-Core 937 58% 937 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Zotac(19DA 1511) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 111 Parallax 95.1 84% 103 fps	MRender 157 Gravity 116 Splatting 94.7 97% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 297GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 847 597 605 569 551 540 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 1,543 Write 1,533 Mixed 1,307 SusWrite 618 280% 1250 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 47 158% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 752 DQ Write 537 DQ Mixed 686 501% 658 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 284%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1TB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 386 409 394 394 368 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 380 Write 395 Mixed 337 SusWrite 386 85% 375 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 40.1 126% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 362 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 135%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 836GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 111 110 112 112 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 114 Write 104 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 110 71% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.9 141% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 CMW16GX4M2A2666C16 CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 CMW16GX4M2A2666C16 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 29.1 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 93 43% 93 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 68%

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

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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 $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 $295	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