MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.8% 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	539% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 24 days ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	21.9 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	Apr 28 '24 at 19:52
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$189 128,080 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 75.8 1-Core 157 2-Core 285 93% 173 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 986 97% 792 Pts	64-Core 1,446 90% 1,446 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.7% 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: 546.17 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.8% Very good	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 99.1 Parallax 91 80% 96.3 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 91 Splatting 78 72% 90.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 26,501 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 54 59 55 30 33 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	539% Outstanding	Read 7,525 Write 53.3 Mixed 114 SusWrite 47.7 402% 1,935 MB/s	4K Read 578 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 7.1 887% 196 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 539% Great: 223%
Hitachi HTS541010A7E630 1TB 20,023 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 118GB free Firmware: SE0OA4G0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 5.3 1.6 4 22 19 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% 0GB free Firmware: AX0G1A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,882 Write 10.2 Mixed 59.8 2,134% 2,984 MB/s	4K Read 621 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.7 26,094% 208 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 62%
WD WD2500AVVS-61L2B0 250GB 2,518 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 13GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 10 12 15 45 44 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 52.1 Write 51.1 Mixed 37.1 SusWrite 21.6 30% 40.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 35%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 32GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.7 1.4 1.6 3.2 7.6 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 below expectations (20^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 29.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 24 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 29.8 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 89.5 45% 89.5 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 120%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	216	59	144	23.5"	1920 1080	MSI3BA0 MSI G24C4

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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	266x
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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	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