MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.6% 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	242% 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, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '20 at 23:47
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 83.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 291 95% 175 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 912 87% 721 Pts	64-Core 1131 70% 1131 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1632 MHz, MLim: 965 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 87 Parallax 178 95% 127 fps	MRender 86 Gravity 119 Splatting 124 92% 110 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 670GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1490 1526 1538 1529 138 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 1,464 Write 1,556 Mixed 1,080 SusWrite 1,054 290% 1,289 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 79 274% 99.2 MB/s	DQ Read 638 DQ Write 897 DQ Mixed 270 343% 602 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 255%
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 413GB free Firmware: R0522A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 446 448 450 449 448 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 456 Mixed 424 SusWrite 449 103% 460 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 30.3 140% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 45.4 99% 198 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84 9,234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 858GB free Firmware: ST6OA3BF SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 87 81 96 101 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 106 Write 104 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 94.3 66% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 837GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 160 160 160 161 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 148 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 160 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2x8GB 77,202 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 34.9 90% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 34.3 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 104%

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Typical B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 3,076 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	818x
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	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	171x
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 $269	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 $178	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