MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	67.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 29 days ago, 29 days 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 (38^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-$157 64,959 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 (12^th percentile)	67% 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: 60% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$176 240,041 User benchmarks, average bench 70% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Lighting 196 Reflection 170 Parallax 267 68% 211 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 200 Splatting 123 67% 154 fps
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 77%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$70 10,163 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 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 below expectations (22^nd 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: 165% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 288%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$60 193,177 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 31GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 84 88 88 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^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: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 74%
Sandisk S3 1T02 1TB 275 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 599GB free Firmware: 40101000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 468 466 473 477 476 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th 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: 73% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 123%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$40 1,163,941 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 857GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 176 177 173 179 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^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: 53% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 2x8GB 4,515 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^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: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 101%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 65%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 69%

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Workstation 59%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $113Bench 68%, 196,295 samples	9,352x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $235Bench 70%, 114,978 samples	4,325x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $137Bench 74%, 73,524 samples	2,824x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $270Bench 70%, 667,469 samples	4,160x
GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 97%, 615,798 samples	2,729x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 124%, 540,220 samples	2,266x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $104Bench 107%, 469,025 samples	2,213x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $103Bench 113%, 390,898 samples	1,235x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 203%, 126,573 samples	1,227x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $75Bench 85%, 206,122 samples	1,941x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $80Bench 89%, 104,149 samples	1,639x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $70Bench 88%, 64,458 samples	692x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $652

CPU	GPU	SSD
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 $198	Nvidia GTX 1070 $400	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
Intel Core i5-9400F $143	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $270	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
Intel Core i5-9600K $230	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $750	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $195

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $78	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $695	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24