MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (8th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 92 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	89.8% 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	91.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (80%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '20 at 01:00
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	80%

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PC Performing way below expectations (8^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 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Memory 72 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 173 66% 115 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 590 51% 437 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2172) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.8% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 97.7 Parallax 123 83% 107 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 123 Splatting 99.2 104% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 379 356 340 324 334 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 417 Write 370 Mixed 342 SusWrite 349 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 36.3 121% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 134%
Apple HDD ST500LM012 500GB 816 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 182GB free Firmware: 2BA30007 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 52 50 49 62 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 13.2 Write 14 Mixed 13 SusWrite 49.9 16% 22.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 17% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D26BFSE.16FB BLS8G4D26BFSE.16FD2 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2800, 2800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 31 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.3 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 96.9 41% 96.9 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 95%

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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%

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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 $45Bench 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 $178	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