MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.7% 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	198% 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 (12%). 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	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170913
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '18 at 08:46
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 1800X-$60 30,050 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 83.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 227 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 854 78% 654 Pts	64-Core 1,246 77% 1,246 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C300) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 135 Parallax 127 102% 129 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 120 Splatting 103 87% 106 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 647 323 324 320 321 321 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 1876 Write 1,506 Mixed 640 SusWrite 376 243% 1,099 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 52.8 192% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,009 DQ Write 834 DQ Mixed 636 554% 826 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 236%
HFS250G32TND-N1A2A 250GB 5,131 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 90GB free Firmware: 30000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 236 293 250 252 250 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 455 Mixed 404 SusWrite 277 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 49.4 169% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 347 264% 355 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%
HFS250G32TND-N1A2A 250GB 5,131 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 187GB free Firmware: 30000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 264 243 243 243 242 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 457 Mixed 406 SusWrite 270 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 49.6 169% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 358 263% 343 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 235GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 124 124 124 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	75% Very good	Read 137 Write 130 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 124 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 856GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 159 161 160 161 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 134 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 159 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 2,584 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	MC Read 42.6 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 32.2 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 27.7 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 119%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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