MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, 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	62.1% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181101
Uptime	10.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '20 at 17:58
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 3.95 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 659 63% 521 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.3% 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) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Lighting 20.6 Reflection 18 Parallax 28 17% 22.2 fps	MRender 15.5 Gravity 22.9 Splatting 21.2 16% 19.9 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 121 134 96 106 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 482 Write 428 Mixed 218 SusWrite 117 69% 312 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 52.1 4K Mixed 29.9 105% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 21.4 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 22.8 32% 54.7 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 44GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 173 175 177 174 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 184 Mixed 102 SusWrite 175 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.3 251% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2.5" 640GB (2010)-$60 12,460 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 110GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 85 86 86 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 80.3 Write 75 Mixed 49 SusWrite 85.5 53% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3266 MHz clocked @ 1633 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 35.7 115% 40.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 42 SC Mixed 22.2 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $275	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