MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	120% 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	141% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190708
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '20 at 15:01
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 78.7 1-Core 98.8 2-Core 198 71% 125 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 784 70% 590 Pts	64-Core 1,091 68% 1,091 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6591) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 176 Parallax 180 133% 173 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 168 Splatting 116 108% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$40 8,737 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: V6005-ac Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 677 612 650 759 827 811 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 619 Write 715 Mixed 606 SusWrite 723 151% 666 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 51 178% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 395 DQ Mixed 292 246% 356 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 153%
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$82 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 126GB free Firmware: R0918B SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 158 171 170 170 171 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 355 Write 168 Mixed 214 SusWrite 166 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 43.3 140% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 108 90% 130 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 127%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$75 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 14.2 Mixed 22.6 14% 18.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.1 170% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 68%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 163 163 162 161 161 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 147 Mixed 91.4 SusWrite 162 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 112%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 771GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 162 162 162 161 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 127 Mixed 31 SusWrite 161 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 36 110% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 29.8 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 83 48% 83 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

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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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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