MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	292% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

18 days ago, 3 days ago, 3 days ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200702
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 16:55
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 3600-$198 694,528 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 75.6 1-Core 135 2-Core 272 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 834 85% 673 Pts	64-Core 1,104 74% 1,104 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 184,702 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 8756) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	73% Very good	Lighting 92.9 Reflection 92.2 Parallax 85.9 75% 90.3 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 82.3 Splatting 74.8 70% 90.8 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 77%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$65 313,524 User benchmarks, average bench 271% 270GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 917 605 615 615 618 596 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	292% Outstanding	Read 2,551 Write 2,399 Mixed 1,671 SusWrite 661 406% 1,820 MB/s	4K Read 66.6 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 91.9 308% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,310 DQ Write 1128 DQ Mixed 1,211 910% 1,216 MB/s
Poor: 201% ↑ This bench: 292% Great: 313%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$45 85,697 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 51GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 119 95 83 84 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 492 Write 466 Mixed 356 SusWrite 141 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 36.9 133% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 182 158% 237 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$58 652,342 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 194 191 192 193 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 137 Mixed 86.1 SusWrite 191 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 19,248 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.8% Very good	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 30.1 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 30.3 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 89.2 45% 89.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 109%

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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 44%

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Motherboard: MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $143Bench 72%, 300,987 samples	2,741x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $260Bench 72%, 169,694 samples	1,184x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $200Bench 75%, 105,083 samples	878x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,047,709 samples	1,228x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,029,341 samples	882x
RX 580AMD $218Bench 55%, 626,711 samples	811x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 104%, 744,297 samples	471x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 107%, 478,856 samples	325x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 111%, 615,795 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 83%, 417,739 samples	665x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 377,979 samples	497x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $77Bench 84%, 197,976 samples	282x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $208	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $47	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16