MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (5th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 95 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 38.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	72.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

24 days ago, 24 days ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180502
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '19 at 02:18
Run Duration	764 Seconds
Run User	PRI-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
AMD Ryzen 3 1200-$55 38,936 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	38.3% Below average	1-Core 56.6 2-Core 137 44% 97 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 205 28% 208 Pts	64-Core 202 14% 202 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$415 671,944 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Lighting 215 Reflection 263 Parallax 290 56% 256 fps	MRender 194 Gravity 268 Splatting 218 74% 226 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 86%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 128GB 2,254 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM01D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 224 279 225 147 197 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.6% Average	Read 274 Write 167 Mixed 165 SusWrite 204 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 26.1 4K Mixed 14.6 52% 17.9 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 49.6 DQ Mixed 74.1 88% 162 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 1x8GB 218 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	30.2% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 10.8 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 6 23% 8.07 GB/s	Latency 163 24% 163 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 55%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 55%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 57%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $113Bench 69%, 242,099 samples	10,189x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $235Bench 69%, 142,134 samples	4,650x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $140Bench 74%, 88,895 samples	3,109x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $280Bench 57%, 752,541 samples	4,512x
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 671,944 samples	3,007x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 103%, 554,017 samples	2,485x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $55Bench 105%, 518,957 samples	2,357x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $97Bench 113%, 414,632 samples	1,327x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 200%, 171,000 samples	1,295x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 84%, 268,353 samples	2,175x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 87%, 158,485 samples	1,794x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $65Bench 86%, 95,552 samples	766x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $596

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $244	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
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) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24