MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	78.8% 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	650% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 1 month ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220717
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '23 at 16:23
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X-$176 128,080 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 81.1 1-Core 178 2-Core 352 107% 203 Pts	4-Core 696 8-Core 1,158 113% 926 Pts	64-Core 1,585 98% 1,585 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% PNY(196E 132C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3100 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 144 Parallax 91.4 82% 112 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 91.5 Splatting 79.4 73% 90.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 26,501 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 21 20 24 29 35 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	650% Outstanding	Read 9,426 Write 64.6 Mixed 128 SusWrite 25.7 500% 2,411 MB/s	4K Read 668 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 8.2 1,025% 227 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 650% Great: 223%
Hitachi HTS541010A7E630 1TB 20,023 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 30GB free Firmware: SE0OA4G0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 20 19 12 2.2 8.7 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 19% Great: 60%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 8GB free Firmware: AX0G1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 18 23 28 10 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 62%
WD WD2500AVVS-61L2B0 250GB 2,518 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 74GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 22 37 33 43 45 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	25.4% Poor	Read 50.9 Write 43.2 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 37.3 30% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 35%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 36GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.5 9.7 13 14 15 17 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 24% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G32C16U4RL.8FE 4x8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 31.4 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 26.3 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 31.1 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 120%

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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 42%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	827x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	340x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	269x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	329x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	268x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	202x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	74x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $34Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $464

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