MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	138% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181228
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '19 at 02:07
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X-$60 30,050 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 82.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 235 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 938 83% 703 Pts	64-Core 1,291 80% 1,291 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E353) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.4% Very poor	Lighting 0 Reflection 69.3 Parallax 78.9 0% 49.4 fps	MRender 69.1 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 57 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$45 6,819 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: V6005-a9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 648 630 614 623 453 157 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 717 Write 663 Mixed 554 SusWrite 521 138% 614 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 56.3 208% 78.2 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 234 197% 283 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 140%
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 167GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 467 467 464 466 287 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 468 Mixed 451 SusWrite 436 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 57.4 187% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 278 232% 336 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 123%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 381GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 87 90 89 89 89 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 78.8 Write 82.7 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 89.2 55% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 198GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 92 95 95 95 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 98 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 93.5 65% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 43.3 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 32.7 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 41.2 SC Mixed 28.1 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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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	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 $40Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16