MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	290% 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.

Run History

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	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200702
Uptime	16.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '20 at 23:40
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 78.3 1-Core 149 2-Core 297 94% 175 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 850 86% 696 Pts	64-Core 1,099 68% 1,099 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 8756) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Lighting 93.3 Reflection 92.2 Parallax 85.5 76% 90.3 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 82.3 Splatting 73.7 72% 90 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 274GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 952 607 599 615 608 609 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	290% Outstanding	Read 2,543 Write 2,397 Mixed 1,691 SusWrite 665 407% 1,824 MB/s	4K Read 66.1 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 90.5 303% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1299 DQ Write 1,120 DQ Mixed 1,204 904% 1,208 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 290% Great: 340%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 51GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 110 90 84 81 61 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 489 Write 469 Mixed 342 SusWrite 137 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 37.7 135% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 188 161% 238 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 193 195 195 196 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 145 Mixed 83.8 SusWrite 193 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 34,561 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.6% Very good	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 29.9 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 29.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 83.8 48% 83.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 111%

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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%

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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	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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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