MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.3% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '19 at 22:22
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 81.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 722 70% 576 Pts	64-Core 967 60% 967 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Sapphire(1DA2 E376) CLim: 1602 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.8.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 89.9 Parallax 169 98% 126 fps	MRender 90 Gravity 125 Splatting 130 96% 115 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 6,426 Write 5601 1,315% 6,014 MB/s	4K Read 375 4K Write 331 4K Mixed 171 963% 292 MB/s	DQ Read 1,153 DQ Write 1,010 DQ Mixed 1,040 791% 1,068 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 275GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 28 29 30 26 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 9.3 Write 25.1 Mixed 13.6 SusWrite 26.6 14% 18.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 47% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 113%
Fujitsu MHZ2320BH G2 320GB 3,061 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 44GB free Firmware: 00000009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 60 62 62 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 62.5 Write 58.7 Mixed 38.8 SusWrite 61.1 41% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.4 95% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3066 MHz clocked @ 1533 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 35 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 29.8 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%

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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	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	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 $177	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