MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	59.5% 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	125% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170622
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '20 at 01:53
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (51^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 69.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 209 70% 127 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 652 65% 528 Pts	64-Core 841 52% 841 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.5% Above average	Lighting 73.5 Reflection 75.6 Parallax 64.7 60% 71.3 fps	MRender 69.1 Gravity 70.4 Splatting 74.2 59% 71.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 203 174 125 93 139 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 1,046 Write 344 Mixed 294 SusWrite 159 100% 460 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 40 154% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 661 DQ Write 516 DQ Mixed 272 290% 483 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 144%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 551GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 150 153 151 152 153 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 150 Write 149 Mixed 91 SusWrite 152 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Backup+ SL 1.5TB 169 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1TB free Firmware: A905 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 37.2 Write 34 Mixed 35 SusWrite 37.8 27% 36 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 61%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 2TB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 36 36 36 36 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 34 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 35.8 46% 33.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 2x8GB 16,539 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 27.3 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 22.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 91%

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

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 $184	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) $35	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