MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.8% 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	86.2% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '20 at 03:31
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X-$102 38,959 User benchmarks, average bench 65% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 79.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 222 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 440 59% 441 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% Gigabyte(1458 231D); Gigabyte Radeon RX 5600 XT GV-R56XTWF2OC-6GD Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 92.8 Parallax 176 89% 126 fps	MRender 87 Gravity 102 Splatting 128 89% 106 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 452 299 155 154 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 348 Write 462 Mixed 377 SusWrite 256 82% 361 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 39.8 146% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 290 210% 269 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 95%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 209GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 464 454 301 301 301 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 490 Mixed 464 SusWrite 358 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 61.5 205% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 363 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 128%
WDC WDS100T2B0A 1TB 10,504 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 918GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 464 474 487 487 487 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 488 Mixed 410 SusWrite 454 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 51.2 177% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 289 236% 335 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (94^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	103% Outstanding	MC Read 40.2 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 34.8 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 27 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 82.1 49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

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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 $179	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