MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.3% 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	111% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180502
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '18 at 19:07
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$211 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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 76.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 74% 133 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 790 73% 610 Pts	64-Core 1,174 73% 1,174 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 114 Parallax 97.8 90% 108 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 102 Splatting 99 82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 261GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 392 405 408 407 407 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 412 Mixed 244 SusWrite 404 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 49.1 169% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 270 210% 287 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 672GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 104 104 107 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 154 Write 120 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 103 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 383GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 152 152 152 152 154 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 138 Write 130 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 152 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 109%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 464GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 90 91 90 91 91 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 57.7 Write 41 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 89.7 42% 57 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 63%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 500GB 3,970 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 212GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 71 71 71 71 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	28% Poor	Read 69.5 Write 61 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 70.5 80% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 50% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D4-2400-MR 2x8GB 3,744 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 29 90% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 24.7 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 86.7 46% 86.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 85%

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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	819x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	340x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16