MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive222% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170215
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateApr 21 '17 at 23:09
Run Duration96 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 51%
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 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X-$125
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
68.4% Good
Memory 67.9
1-Core 104
2-Core 201
69% 124 Pts
4-Core 370
8-Core 658
62% 514 Pts
64-Core 896
55% 896 Pts
Poor: 62%
This bench: 68.4%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 147
Reflection 152
Parallax 128
120% 142 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 140
Splatting 109
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 110%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
178GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
222% Outstanding
Read 2,456
Write 1,068
Mixed 1,262
350% 1,595 MB/s
4K Read 47.5
4K Write 86.6
4K Mixed 36.9
165% 57 MB/s
DQ Read 247
DQ Write 148
DQ Mixed 89.5
96% 162 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 222%
Great: 236%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
73.1% Very good
MC Read 29.3
MC Write 25.1
MC Mixed 26.1
77% 26.8 GB/s
SC Read 18.1
SC Write 23.8
SC Mixed 20.3
59% 20.7 GB/s
Latency 106
38% 106 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 73.1%
Great: 90%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) Builds (Compare 3,073 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) - $90

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $459
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