MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.5% 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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170622
Uptime	18.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '22 at 20:49
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 1700X-$211 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	66% Good	Memory 71.6 1-Core 83.9 2-Core 167 62% 108 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 616 56% 470 Pts	64-Core 1,037 64% 1,037 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.8% Poor	Lighting 40.7 Reflection 30 Parallax 48.4 33% 39.7 fps	MRender 27.8 Gravity 38 Splatting 21.6 23% 29.1 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 100 102 89 95 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 242 Write 177 Mixed 227 SusWrite 101 42% 186 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 33.3 113% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 148 118% 162 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 60GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 21GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 54 61 62 65 62 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.8% Average	Read 187 Write 60.8 Mixed 88.8 SusWrite 60.7 22% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 27.1 102% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 80 DQ Write 61.8 DQ Mixed 73.9 54% 71.9 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 80%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$74 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2.5TB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 460 460 466 470 467 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 424 Mixed 395 SusWrite 462 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 38 130% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 156 120% 166 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 103GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 113 113 111 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 107 Write 100 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 112 70% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 148% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT4G4D30AETA.K8FD BLT4G4D30AETA.K8FE BLT4G4D30AETA.K8FD BLT4G4D30AETA.K8FE 16GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	66.3% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 24 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 97.8 41% 97.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 109%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 42%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	822x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 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 $128	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) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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