MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.7% 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	84.4% 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	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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '18 at 14:30
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 2400G-$135 127,344 User benchmarks, average bench 63% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 212 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 605 59% 483 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 11 (Ryzen iGPU) 44,235 User benchmarks, average bench 15% MSI(1462 7A34) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Lighting 21.1 Reflection 17.9 Parallax 27.8 17% 22.3 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 21.8 Splatting 21.2 16% 18.9 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Amd-raid Array 1 499GB 1,201 User benchmarks, average bench 169% 409GB free (System drive) Firmware: 9.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 192 188 182 186 181 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 882 Write 768 Mixed 571 SusWrite 185 134% 601 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 25.8 85% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 271 200% 261 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 308%
Amd-raid Array 2 1TB 455 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 931GB free Firmware: 9.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 183 183 184 186 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 179 Mixed 133 SusWrite 184 126% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 29.5 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 25.4 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 95%

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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	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 $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 $179	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