MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	226% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200702
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '20 at 03:06
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 72.3 1-Core 100 2-Core 198 69% 123 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 643 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 819 51% 819 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.5% Very good	Lighting 95.6 Reflection 83.7 Parallax 72.1 78% 83.8 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 79.5 Splatting 77.1 62% 75.2 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
APS-SE20G-2TB 2TB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1565 994 999 1005 1011 1014 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,504 Write 2,440 Mixed 1,752 SusWrite 1,098 385% 1,699 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 64.9 209% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 845 DQ Write 632 DQ Mixed 774 569% 750 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 276%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 765GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 163 166 168 168 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 169 Mixed 106 SusWrite 166 119% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%
Seagate Portable 2TB 11,289 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 116 119 132 133 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 104 Write 115 Mixed 61 SusWrite 124 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2933 C16 2x8GB 3,326 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 30.9 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 25.8 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 96.1 42% 96.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 105%

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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 $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 $134	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