MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


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 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	228% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191002
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '19 at 17:29
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 5 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 75.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 684 71% 569 Pts	64-Core 921 57% 921 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% PowerColor(148C 2378) CLim: 1350 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Lighting 71.4 Reflection 70.2 Parallax 89.2 58% 76.9 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 56.3 53% 66.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 584 313 308 285 257 246 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,423 Write 1,475 Mixed 1,268 SusWrite 332 304% 1,375 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 73.6 246% 84.5 MB/s	DQ Read 883 DQ Write 632 DQ Mixed 820 595% 778 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 280%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 134GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 251 259 326 259 328 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 179 Write 106 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 291 37% 165 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 20.9 4K Mixed 10.7 47% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 12.4 DQ Write 16.4 DQ Mixed 14.3 11% 14.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 102%
Corsair Performance3 SSD 256GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 149GB free Firmware: 1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 313 307 294 309 305 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 372 Write 299 Mixed 271 SusWrite 307 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 32.2 4K Mixed 16.6 59% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 58.9 DQ Write 43.5 DQ Mixed 48.9 37% 50.4 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.1% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 25.7 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 22 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 88.4 45% 88.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 104%

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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	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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
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 $273	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 $45	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