MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.4% 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.

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	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180502
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '21 at 17:43
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	PRI-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 2600-$145 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 71.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 215 72% 131 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 640 64% 523 Pts	64-Core 883 55% 883 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C304) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.7% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 127 Parallax 115 97% 121 fps	MRender 89.6 Gravity 118 Splatting 110 88% 106 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$31 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 271 280 120 138 148 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 367 Write 437 Mixed 350 SusWrite 221 78% 344 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 40.6 4K Mixed 35.5 120% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 93.3 DQ Mixed 171 133% 190 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 116%
Seagate ST4000NM0033-9ZM170 4TB 3,748 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 144 147 142 153 152 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 162 Mixed 88.4 SusWrite 147 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 480GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 114 109 117 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 134 Write 105 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 113 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 937GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 126 125 118 127 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 105 Write 110 Mixed 94 SusWrite 121 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.2 126% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 25.4 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 21.1 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 98 41% 98 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 104%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	821x
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	266x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $30Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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