MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% 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	65.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 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	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190123
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '20 at 20:38
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 80.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 237 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 783 73% 606 Pts	64-Core 1,088 67% 1,088 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 12A6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 148 Parallax 146 121% 147 fps	MRender 166 Gravity 140 Splatting 113 112% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$75 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 55 51 43 41 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 401 Write 141 Mixed 106 SusWrite 54.6 38% 176 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 31.5 111% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 80 108% 202 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 129%
Sandisk S3 1T02 1TB 12,047 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 478GB free Firmware: 40101000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 400 454 451 457 458 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 458 Mixed 379 SusWrite 427 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 40.7 143% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 256 218% 320 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 122%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 32 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 27.8 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 104%

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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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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	818x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	340x
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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	171x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $453

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16