MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180502
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '19 at 19:10
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 81.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 246 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 768 76% 618 Pts	64-Core 946 58% 946 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 143 Parallax 124 110% 134 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 134 Splatting 106 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,000 Write 3,825 Mixed 5,473 1,271% 5,766 MB/s	4K Read 399 4K Write 236 4K Mixed 277 1,085% 304 MB/s	DQ Read 1,194 DQ Write 767 DQ Mixed 921 703% 960 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 218GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 486 485 487 485 485 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 475 Mixed 399 SusWrite 486 105% 464 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 59.4 199% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 364 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 549GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 121 127 125 123 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 130 Write 101 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 124 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 817GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 128 127 129 128 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 133 Write 121 Mixed 114 SusWrite 128 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 76%

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 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 32.4 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 24.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 78.1 51% 78.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 104%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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