MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 65%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics86.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170419
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 28 '17 at 17:16
Run Duration172 Seconds
Run User CZE-User
Background CPU 14%
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 PC Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
74.1% Very good
Memory 72
1-Core 112
2-Core 202
72% 128 Pts
4-Core 410
8-Core 663
66% 536 Pts
64-Core 861
53% 861 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 74.1%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
86.4% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 111
Parallax 97.4
89% 106 fps
MRender 97.6
Gravity 98.5
Splatting 99.7
81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate SkyHawk 1TB (2016)-$46
616GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CV11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
91% Outstanding
Read 153
Write 165
Mixed 141
115% 153 MB/s
4K Read 0.73
4K Write 1.07
4K Mixed 0.19
72% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 91%
Great: 98%
JetFlash Transcend 16GB
15GB free, PID 1000
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
6.46% Terrible
Read 19.3
Write 10.5
Mixed 12.8
17% 14.2 MB/s
4K Read 5.72
4K Write 0.01
4K Mixed 0.007
22% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.46%
Great: 33%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
76.5% Very good
MC Read 28.9
MC Write 27.9
MC Mixed 25.8
79% 27.5 GB/s
SC Read 19.8
SC Write 28.1
SC Mixed 23.5
68% 23.8 GB/s
Latency 96.7
41% 96.7 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 76.5%
Great: 112%

 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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