MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	104% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200702
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '20 at 05:53
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 67.4 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 192 66% 119 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 616 60% 491 Pts	64-Core 1,047 65% 1,047 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 140 Parallax 136 106% 135 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 136 Splatting 119 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U-256G-1006 256GB 12,432 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120006 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 442 Write 380 Mixed 242 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 33.6 121% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 196 162% 236 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 92%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1.5TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 953GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 403 368 313 373 370 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 413 Write 362 Mixed 282 SusWrite 353 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 34.6 4K Mixed 13.7 58% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 99.6 DQ Mixed 29.2 43% 81.6 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 207 209 207 210 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 158 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 203 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 113%
WD Elements 25A1 4TB 8,402 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 307GB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 59 60 60 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 69 Write 60 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 59.5 80% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3600C18-8GTZN F4-3200C16-8GTZR F4-3600C18-8GTZN F4-3200C16-8GTZR 32GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.9% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 22 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 20.7 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 113%

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Gaming 45%

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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	823x
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	267x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $44Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $32Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16