MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	134% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181228
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '19 at 16:06
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th 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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 80.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 238 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 735 75% 606 Pts	64-Core 983 61% 983 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 123 Parallax 128 109% 128 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 126 Splatting 100 107% 136 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$100 2,434 User benchmarks, average bench 143% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: C2.1.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 220 223 225 229 304 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 988 Write 784 Mixed 814 SusWrite 240 158% 707 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 52.7 180% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 730 DQ Mixed 424 358% 507 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 181%
AMD Radeon R3 240GB 4,257 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 25GB free Firmware: P0422C Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 488 Write 430 Mixed 386 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 40.5 138% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 225 190% 274 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 211 210 206 213 216 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 136 Write 144 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 207 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 106%
Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB 750GB 31,958 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 556GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 85 86 85 86 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 86.5 Write 83 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 84.7 55% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (85^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	103% Outstanding	MC Read 41.4 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 33.3 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 38.8 SC Mixed 29.1 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 79.5 50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

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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%

Speed boat

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 $133	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