MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '20 at 01:32
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 76.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 202 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 696 66% 548 Pts	64-Core 895 55% 895 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.77 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 110 Parallax 106 98% 112 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 114 Splatting 102 104% 132 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 431 313 237 247 247 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 410 Write 448 Mixed 369 SusWrite 313 87% 385 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 33.9 120% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 325 245% 327 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 176GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 448 452 460 468 461 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 454 Mixed 402 SusWrite 451 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 48.7 168% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB-$67 5,838 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 63GB free Firmware: X61110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 447 451 460 467 460 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 427 Write 461 Mixed 320 SusWrite 450 94% 415 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 41.6 133% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 273 225% 323 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 121%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB-$67 5,838 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 836GB free Firmware: X61110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 448 451 460 468 461 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 470 Mixed 384 SusWrite 451 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 42.8 153% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 280 230% 328 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 121%
USB2.0 Flash Disk 2GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 2GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 3.9 4 4 4 4 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	2.62% Terrible	Read 7 Write 1 Mixed 2 SusWrite 3.9 4% 3.47 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 12% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.62% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 4,091 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	102% Outstanding	MC Read 40.2 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 35.1 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 25.2 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 30.2 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 86.7 46% 86.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 117%

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

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Typical B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 3,076 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

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 $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	171x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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