MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	96.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	21.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191129
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '20 at 22:45
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^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 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 71.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 203 71% 126 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 612 59% 486 Pts	64-Core 835 52% 835 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% MSI(1462 3810) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.1% Outstanding	Lighting 107 Reflection 115 Parallax 225 87% 149 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 130 Splatting 160 113% 135 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2391 Write 1,298 Mixed 1,268 364% 1,652 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 55.9 191% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 572 DQ Write 437 DQ Mixed 598 422% 536 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 108GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1182 826 643 205 191 193 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 1,147 Write 1,209 Mixed 1,109 SusWrite 540 225% 1,001 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 59.7 196% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 685 DQ Write 563 DQ Mixed 636 473% 628 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 276%
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 111GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 56 56 56 56 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 425 Write 371 Mixed 285 SusWrite 90.9 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 22.3 109% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 133 134% 211 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 50GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 99 103 102 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 123 Write 94 Mixed 72 SusWrite 101 72% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 112%
Seagate IronWolf 1TB (2016)-$57 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 205GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 90 89 89 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 89.5 Write 85 Mixed 63 SusWrite 88.8 60% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.1% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 25.3 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 22.8 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 98.1 41% 98.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 119%

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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	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 $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