MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	226% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191129
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '20 at 17:31
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 2400G-$135 127,344 User benchmarks, average bench 63% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 91.9 2-Core 170 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 614 55% 463 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 113 Parallax 95.5 84% 104 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 101 82% 99.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 647 333 332 334 334 334 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 2,357 Write 1,408 Mixed 1,229 SusWrite 386 297% 1,345 MB/s	4K Read 54.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 69.7 232% 79.3 MB/s	DQ Read 897 DQ Write 706 DQ Mixed 844 620% 815 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 280%
Seagate ST3000NM0033-9ZM178 3TB 1,501 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 485GB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 150 152 151 153 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 106 Write 102 Mixed 88.8 SusWrite 149 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 89GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 148 148 144 146 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 149 Mixed 110 SusWrite 146 106% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 109%
Hitachi HTS541010B7E610 1TB 40,802 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 834GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 93 94 94 90 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 64.8 Write 84.2 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 90 54% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.3 154% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 32.9 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 24.4 SC Write 37.2 SC Mixed 27.8 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 96%

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	822x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	340x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	269x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	327x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	266x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16