MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.7% 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	112% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181228
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '19 at 12:55
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^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 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.95 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 82.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 240 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 729 71% 584 Pts	64-Core 922 57% 922 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% MSI(1462 3680) CLim: 1663 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.2.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 90.3 Parallax 198 90% 133 fps	MRender 88.8 Gravity 139 Splatting 128 98% 118 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Scorch M2 128GB 1,785 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM11.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 187 104 106 108 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 804 Write 441 Mixed 444 SusWrite 148 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 47.8 172% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 453 DQ Mixed 264 238% 356 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 131%
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 112GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 60 93 62 93 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 511 Write 471 Mixed 382 SusWrite 90.1 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 40.2 148% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 181 180% 287 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 91%
Enmotus T00 FuzeDrive 2TB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 190 191 190 191 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 189 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 191 109% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 145% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD 4x4GB 1,332 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 44.3 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 39.3 118% 41.5 GB/s	SC Read 26.8 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 33.3 97% 33.9 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 102%

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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	818x
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	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	171x
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 $269	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 $40	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