MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	71.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170622
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '20 at 19:33
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 72.5 1-Core 102 2-Core 205 71% 127 Pts	4-Core 304 8-Core 617 54% 460 Pts	64-Core 870 54% 870 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.8% Very good	Lighting 91 Reflection 101 Parallax 89.2 74% 93.8 fps	MRender 87 Gravity 87.9 Splatting 74.3 67% 83.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 123 132 125 125 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 437 Write 142 Mixed 214 SusWrite 126 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 38.1 139% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 181 139% 190 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 88%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 915GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 470 475 479 479 478 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 475 Mixed 445 SusWrite 474 107% 474 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 57.9 191% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 405GB free Firmware: CR100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 47 50 31 35 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 77.5 Write 60.7 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 39.3 42% 56.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 963GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 167 169 167 166 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 141 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 166 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 114%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 715GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	20% Very poor	Read 37.6 Write 37.6 Mixed 33.7 SusWrite 39.1 51% 37 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 91% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FBD 2x8GB 5,007 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 29.8 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 19.8 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 95.6 42% 95.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 96%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 3,073 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

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