MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	118% 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	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '22 at 16:34
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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-$120 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 231 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 715 70% 575 Pts	64-Core 878 54% 878 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 512.95 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 174 Parallax 166 128% 166 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 175 Splatting 118 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Amd-raid INTEL SSDPEKKW25 256GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 137% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 005C SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 262 140 195 198 156 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 1,020 Write 870 Mixed 399 SusWrite 205 138% 623 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 8.4 4K Mixed 10.1 29% 8.77 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 508 DQ Mixed 99.5 142% 250 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 198%
Amd-raid Array 1 999GB 2,964 User benchmarks, average bench 236% 181GB free Firmware: 9.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 920 636 631 635 633 633 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 608 Write 912 Mixed 549 SusWrite 681 156% 687 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 25.5 4K Mixed 14.1 49% 17 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 673 DQ Mixed 296 274% 406 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 411%
Amd-raid Samsung SSD 840 500GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 84GB free Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 262 86 72 71 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 379 Write 416 Mixed 370 SusWrite 141 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 15 4K Mixed 12.4 41% 13 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 140 128% 191 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$65 38,251 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 44.5 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 35.1 114% 39.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 27.9 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 122%

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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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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	820x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	340x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	269x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	327x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	265x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	172x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $461

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16