MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (10th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 90 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.1% 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	3.75% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170727
Uptime	15.1 Days
Run Date	May 15 '20 at 17:29
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing way below expectations (10^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 way below expectations (17^th percentile)	65% Good	Memory 66.6 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 199 67% 121 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 605 57% 472 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3733) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.1% Poor	Lighting 25.6 Reflection 26.9 Parallax 32.2 21% 28.2 fps	MRender 33 Gravity 36.9 Splatting 31.5 28% 33.8 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 120GB-$80 2,275 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFZ10.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 42 2.7 26 18 4.5 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	3.75% Terrible	Read 14.3 Write 158 Mixed 5.8 SusWrite 26.6 12% 51.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.5 5% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 3.75% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 488GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 140 113 123 142 132 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 97.7 Write 75.5 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 125 64% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 47,473 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 11.6 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 10.5 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 48%

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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	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 $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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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