MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	82.6% 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	58.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (64%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180502
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 01:26
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	64%

PC Performing way below expectations (16^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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Memory 69.2 1-Core 88.9 2-Core 170 62% 109 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 470 47% 381 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 119 Reflection 145 Parallax 44.3 97% 103 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 47.5 Splatting 62 55% 68.2 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR050 SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 133 139 125 148 127 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 385 Write 267 Mixed 281 SusWrite 162 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 21.4 74% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 263 186% 235 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 235GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 396 359 360 373 399 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 433 Mixed 388 SusWrite 379 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 41.7 138% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 233 205% 306 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 32 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 27.6 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 110%

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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 45%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

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 $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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