MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


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 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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	27.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colores, 800 x 600 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180502
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '18 at 09:28
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	HND-User
Background CPU	20%

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 5 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 73.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 203 71% 126 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 604 62% 500 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8A9F) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 405 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.34% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 4.81 Parallax 1.16 3% 3.35 fps	MRender 5.62 Gravity 4.13 Splatting 3.04 3% 4.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.34% Great: 7%
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Sapphire(174B E118) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Lighting 16.5 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 12.9 14% 14.3 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 11.5 Splatting 19.1 12% 13.9 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1222A SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 26 38 17 6.9 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 425 Write 195 Mixed 12.5 SusWrite 27.3 36% 165 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 0.5 33% 8.83 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 83%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 463GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 114 127 124 125 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 140 Write 110 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 123 72% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 195GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 114 115 115 114 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 85.5 Write 109 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 113 60% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 103%
Hitachi HTS543216L9A300 160GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 132GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 33 33 33 33 33 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 31 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 33.2 41% 30.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 30.2 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 24.8 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 93.8 43% 93.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 88%

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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%

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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	820x
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	265x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $461

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16