MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180724
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '18 at 16:55
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 73.5 1-Core 97.8 2-Core 196 69% 123 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 699 66% 545 Pts	64-Core 1,068 66% 1,068 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 148 Parallax 127 110% 137 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 137 Splatting 112 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 512GB-$283 5,683 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 248GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 395 403 408 407 415 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 435 Write 442 Mixed 314 SusWrite 409 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 34.7 119% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 215 180% 256 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 111%
LSI RAID 5/6 SAS 6G 898GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 482GB free Firmware: 2.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 96 99 100 100 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 298 Write 208 Mixed 318 SusWrite 97.9 52% 231 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 22.4 74% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 192 143% 188 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 130%
LSI RAID 5/6 SAS 6G 119GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 111GB free Firmware: 2.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 82 84 72 65 85 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.1% Average	Read 125 Write 114 Mixed 128 SusWrite 78.4 25% 111 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 24.2 97% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 109 87% 122 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 64%
WD WD2500YS-01SHB1 251GB 1,993 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 15GB free Firmware: 20.06C06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 59 59 60 59 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 54.7 Write 51 Mixed 42.8 SusWrite 59.1 38% 51.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 35%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 913GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 117 119 120 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 135 Write 120 Mixed 115 SusWrite 119 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 207% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73 54,616 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 29 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 24.3 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 93.5 43% 93.5 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 129%

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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	823x
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	267x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16