MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (32%). 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	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190123
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '20 at 19:37
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 75 1-Core 116 2-Core 220 76% 137 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 691 67% 552 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2435) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.5% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 122 Parallax 110 92% 115 fps	MRender 85.2 Gravity 110 Splatting 94.3 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team T253X2001T 1TB 11,283 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 555GB free Firmware: S1024A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 337 360 355 355 359 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 419 Write 346 Mixed 334 SusWrite 351 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 25.1 108% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 46 92% 180 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 105%
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB 17,192 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 354GB free Firmware: R0522A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 234 10 198 15 159 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 428 Write 392 Mixed 23 SusWrite 163 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 12.6 4K Mixed 1 34% 10.4 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 14.1 DQ Mixed 1 22% 56.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 101%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,971 Write 1,392 Mixed 955 318% 1439 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 52.7 173% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 817 DQ Write 544 DQ Mixed 737 535% 699 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 165GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 154 154 155 154 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 95 Write 85.7 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 154 73% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 208% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 52,667 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77% Very good	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 27.5 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 22.7 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 90.3 44% 90.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 103%

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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%

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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 $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) $30	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