MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 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 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 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	67.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191002
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '22 at 18:11
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing way below expectations (13^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 1800X-$60 30,050 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 58.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 218 70% 130 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 660 65% 530 Pts	64-Core 1,064 66% 1,064 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2022 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.3% Good	Lighting 94.9 Reflection 100 Parallax 30 77% 75 fps	MRender 83.9 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 30 48% 62.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M500_MTFDDAT240MAV 240GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 82 62 54 57 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 303 Write 207 Mixed 231 SusWrite 76.6 46% 204 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 36.1 4K Mixed 20.2 68% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 175 157% 239 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 82%
Samsung 970 EVO 500GB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 50GB free Firmware: 2B2Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 330 306 304 310 298 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 570 Write 463 Mixed 458 SusWrite 332 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 45.2 152% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 766 DQ Write 586 DQ Mixed 702 518% 685 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 280%
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB 612 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 96GB free Firmware: 2B2Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 887 669 589 589 535 476 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,614 Write 1,237 Mixed 1,070 SusWrite 624 254% 1,137 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 48.5 171% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 591 DQ Mixed 661 501% 678 MB/s
Poor: 208% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 332%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB-$39 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 643GB free Firmware: GKAOA74A SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 76 77 77 77 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 63.9 Write 70.7 Mixed 38 SusWrite 76.1 46% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB 5,673 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.2% Above average	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 21.2 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 14.6 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 132 30% 132 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 100%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	820x
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	265x
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 $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $23Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $461

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16