MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.2% 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	78.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170913
Uptime	10.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '18 at 17:33
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 192 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 629 60% 495 Pts	64-Core 828 51% 828 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.6.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 97.8 Reflection 88.4 Parallax 152 80% 113 fps	MRender 86.5 Gravity 98.3 Splatting 125 87% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 92 90 87 84 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 488 Write 104 Mixed 137 SusWrite 88.6 44% 205 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 33 142% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 97 DQ Mixed 140 128% 204 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 115%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 293GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 103 108 110 118 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 130 Write 134 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 111 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$63 6,179 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3066 MHz clocked @ 1533 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	MC Read 40.2 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 32.1 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 25.4 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 102%

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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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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