MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '23 at 15:16
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 75.5 1-Core 98 2-Core 196 70% 123 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 706 66% 548 Pts	64-Core 1,026 64% 1,026 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 3860) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.29 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 140 Parallax 146 121% 145 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 127 Splatting 112 109% 137 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 50 45 44 20 19 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	52% Above average	Read 447 Write 65.9 Mixed 359 SusWrite 43 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 9.5 75% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 11.1 68% 154 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 78%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 71GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 456 465 447 210 171 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 455 Mixed 396 SusWrite 359 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 48.8 166% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 360 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 310GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 182 176 181 179 181 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 106 Write 75.2 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 177 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	90.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 30.2 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 24.9 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 89.2 45% 89.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 101%

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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%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	817x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	339x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	269x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	326x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	265x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	78x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16