MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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	8.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '20 at 16:30
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (83^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 1400-$87 71,313 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 64.9 1-Core 98 2-Core 196 66% 119 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 539 58% 462 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 8C97) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Lighting 33.9 Reflection 25 Parallax 30.5 28% 29.8 fps	MRender 37.1 Gravity 32.8 Splatting 32 28% 34 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: UJ500000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 1.4 44 132 142 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 443 Write 370 Mixed 234 SusWrite 124 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 32.7 4K Mixed 19 74% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 83.1 DQ Mixed 16.1 35% 71.6 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 55%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 930GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 104 104 103 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 104 Write 94.2 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 103 65% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 59%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 81GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 169 136 136 135 161 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 130 Write 125 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 149 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G4DFS CT8G4DFD 12GB 2667, 1200 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.4% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 10.8 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 13.2 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns

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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 $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 $179	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