MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.2% 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	299% 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	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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

1 month ago, 1 month ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190123
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 10 '24 at 04:28
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^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 1700X-$195 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 above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 70.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 73% 132 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 716 69% 570 Pts	64-Core 1,106 68% 1,106 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 373F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 114 Parallax 108 88% 110 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 113 Splatting 102 86% 105 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 110%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 990 Pro M.2 2TB-$150 61,354 User benchmarks, average bench 449% 258GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B2QJXD7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1294 1711 1781 1761 1756 1816 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	299% Outstanding	Read 2,359 Write 1,974 Mixed 2,034 SusWrite 1,686 452% 2,013 MB/s	4K Read 56.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 72.7 233% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 805 DQ Write 494 DQ Mixed 683 500% 660 MB/s
Poor: 286% ↑ This bench: 299% Great: 587%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D30CESTK.8FD 2x8GB 3,847 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 28.2 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.9 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 98.8 40% 98.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 56: 0P 5R 10G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
56%	35%	46	215	58	160	34.1"	3440 1377	GSM7768 LG ULTRAWIDE

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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	827x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	340x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	270x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	330x
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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