MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	75.8% 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	593% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220717
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '23 at 21:26
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 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 (77^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 81.4 1-Core 180 2-Core 354 108% 205 Pts	4-Core 685 8-Core 1,100 110% 892 Pts	64-Core 1,606 99% 1,606 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 105% 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: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.8% Very good	Lighting 96.4 Reflection 137 Parallax 88.2 79% 107 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 88.6 Splatting 75.5 70% 87.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 26,501 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 13 22 22 22 26 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	593% Outstanding	Read 8,415 Write 65.6 Mixed 125 SusWrite 21.7 448% 2,157 MB/s	4K Read 630 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 6.8 966% 214 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 593% Great: 223%
Hitachi HTS541010A7E630 1TB 20,023 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 73GB free Firmware: SE0OA4G0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 23 21 21 21 24 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% 4GB free Firmware: AX0G1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 24 20 21 21 14 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% 48GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 54 35 55 55 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	24.6% Poor	Read 33.9 Write 34 Mixed 27 SusWrite 51.4 27% 36.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 103% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 35%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 55GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.3 8.9 7.7 7.6 7.3 7.6 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)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 31 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 27.1 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 32.2 76% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.6% 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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