MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	222% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171205
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 17:56
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$165 79,645 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	67.8% Good	1-Core 101 2-Core 193 70% 147 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 646 64% 511 Pts	64-Core 1,004 67% 1,004 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$170 319,357 User benchmarks, average bench 57% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	54.1% Above average	Lighting 196 Reflection 170 Parallax 267 51% 211 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 200 Splatting 123 54% 154 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 61%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$70 17,653 User benchmarks, average bench 252% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 722 411 403 411 416 418 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 2,176 Write 2029 Mixed 1,425 SusWrite 464 340% 1,523 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 70 230% 79.5 MB/s	DQ Read 889 DQ Write 666 DQ Mixed 834 608% 796 MB/s
Poor: 184% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 289%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$70 207,886 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 31GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 84 88 88 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 138 Write 113 Mixed 108 SusWrite 85 25% 111 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 21.8 98% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 98.3 79% 111 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 75%
Sandisk S3 1T02 1TB 792 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 599GB free Firmware: 40101000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 468 466 473 477 476 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 446 Mixed 376 SusWrite 470 99% 437 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 46.2 156% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 258 220% 322 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 121%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$38 1,417,627 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 857GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 176 177 173 179 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 174 Mixed 102 SusWrite 177 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 2x8GB 5,050 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 22.8 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 103%

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

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Gaming 55%

Gunboat

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $120Bench 69%, 235,648 samples	10,234x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $235Bench 69%, 142,134 samples	4,673x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $140Bench 74%, 85,789 samples	3,124x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $289Bench 57%, 731,336 samples	4,526x
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 79%, 743,673 samples	3,016x
GTX 1080Nvidia $445Bench 104%, 551,254 samples	2,497x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $55Bench 105%, 518,075 samples	2,366x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $87Bench 112%, 375,272 samples	1,332x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 200%, 161,688 samples	1,297x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 84%, 283,947 samples	2,185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 86%, 158,883 samples	1,803x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $65Bench 87%, 96,495 samples	771x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $617

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $260	Crucial MX500 250GB $44
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $60
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24