MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 20%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics22.4% 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 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.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170706
Uptime1 Days
Run DateAug 04 '17 at 19:20
Run Duration83 Seconds
Run User THA-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X-$131
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
71.6% Very good
Memory 71.9
1-Core 106
2-Core 218
73% 132 Pts
4-Core 384
8-Core 550
58% 467 Pts
64-Core 576
36% 576 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 71.6%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
XFX(1682 9278) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
22.4% Poor
Lighting 27.1
Reflection 28.8
Parallax 32.2
22% 29.4 fps
MRender 26.1
Gravity 21.4
Splatting 34
23% 27.2 fps
Poor: 20%
This bench: 22.4%
Great: 25%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
445GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
59.1% Above average
Read 106
Write 101
Mixed 104
78% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.51
4K Mixed 0.16
52% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 59.1%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (52nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
76.4% Very good
MC Read 29
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 26.2
80% 27.8 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 26.5
SC Mixed 22.1
64% 22.5 GB/s
Latency 97
41% 97 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 76.4%
Great: 88%

 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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