MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	116% 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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191129
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '20 at 21:11
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 75.6 1-Core 88.3 2-Core 181 66% 115 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 647 63% 517 Pts	64-Core 934 58% 934 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.7.2 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	49.9% Average	Lighting 62 Reflection 66.7 Parallax 84.4 50% 71 fps	MRender 65.8 Gravity 61.7 Splatting 53.5 49% 60.3 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8250G 250GB 42,173 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 207 226 183 229 165 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 1,236 Write 695 Mixed 793 SusWrite 222 163% 736 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 42.6 136% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 413 DQ Write 66.5 DQ Mixed 112 115% 197 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 111GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 87 79 78 78 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 103 Write 91.3 Mixed 112 SusWrite 80.6 22% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 20.2 84% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 94.8 77% 109 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 282GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 119 119 120 119 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 146 Write 111 Mixed 69.1 SusWrite 120 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 368GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 163 161 163 163 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 146 Mixed 102 SusWrite 162 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 149GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 104 107 108 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 117 Write 104 Mixed 82.6 SusWrite 106 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD48G266681 BLS8G4D26BFSE.16FB 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 31.4 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 26.3 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 89.2 45% 89.2 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 102%

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Typical B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 3,079 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	819x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	340x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	269x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	327x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	265x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $30Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $461

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16