MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 68.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.9% 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	31.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (80%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170316
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '18 at 00:17
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	80%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	68.8% Good	Memory 69 1-Core 104 2-Core 196 69% 123 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 598 59% 484 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 360B) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Lighting 32.5 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 37.2 26% 33.2 fps	MRender 40.7 Gravity 40.1 Splatting 33.4 31% 38.1 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 83 86 83 88 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 133 Write 85.8 Mixed 123 SusWrite 87.4 24% 107 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 23 4K Mixed 15.6 52% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 82.3 69% 101 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 61%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 27GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 58 56 59 61 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	30% Poor	Read 163 Write 64.3 Mixed 90 SusWrite 59 21% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 23.8 4K Mixed 15.1 54% 17.7 MB/s	DQ Read 81.8 DQ Write 65.2 DQ Mixed 73.8 55% 73.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 528GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 160 164 168 171 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 117 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 166 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D4-2 2x8GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.1% Good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 25.9 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 19.9 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 85%

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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%

Battleship

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 $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