MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 above average.
Graphics	86.9% 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	244% 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.

Very high background CPU (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171205
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '20 at 02:47
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	61%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 71.3 1-Core 92.1 2-Core 186 66% 116 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 582 56% 464 Pts	64-Core 894 55% 894 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 2072) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.9% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 103 Parallax 101 90% 105 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 83.1 81% 102 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 329GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1293 1088 1086 1073 1059 1057 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,172 Write 1,804 Mixed 1,386 SusWrite 1,109 362% 1,618 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 60 195% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 673 DQ Write 620 DQ Mixed 649 486% 647 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 372%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 285GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 337 318 315 313 316 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 443 Mixed 421 SusWrite 331 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 39.1 128% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 360 259% 335 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 638GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 107 109 108 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 172 Write 115 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 107 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 95 95 93 93 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 131 Write 132 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 93.9 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3066 MHz clocked @ 1533 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 28.9 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 19.7 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 98.4 41% 98.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	817x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	339x
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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	78x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16