MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.4% 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	27.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '21 at 17:00
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 70.4 1-Core 98.5 2-Core 201 69% 123 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 725 66% 555 Pts	64-Core 1,047 65% 1,047 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-$447 20,866 User benchmarks, average bench 86% XFX(1EAE 6505) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.10.2 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.4% Excellent	Lighting 83.7 Reflection 128 Parallax 159 68% 124 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 82.2 Splatting 124 104% 129 fps
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 69 7.6 23 20 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 313 Write 224 Mixed 171 SusWrite 38.2 41% 187 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 14 4K Mixed 8.1 18% 7.5 MB/s	DQ Read 85 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 114 95% 134 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 473GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 196 208 206 209 207 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 110 Write 131 Mixed 67.6 SusWrite 204 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 76% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.M16FB 2x8GB 568 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	83% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 27.4 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 26.5 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 94%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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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