MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84% 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	42.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180316
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '19 at 19:44
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 86.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 229 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 700 68% 557 Pts	64-Core 814 50% 814 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 109 Parallax 96.1 86% 103 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF3000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 96 118 137 127 56 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 436 Write 121 Mixed 131 SusWrite 98.4 43% 197 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 19 60% 15.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 56%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 405GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 156 156 159 154 156 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 149 Write 136 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 156 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer Snap 128GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 28GB free, PID 55a5 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 8 5.3 5.4 6.6 5.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	10% Very poor	Read 14 Write 10.5 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 5.8 13% 9.95 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.9 146% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 10% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 34.6 108% 38 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 27.7 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%

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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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	171x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $453

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16