MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 84%
Aircraft carrier
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics115% 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 Drive126% 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.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170427
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 08 '17 at 20:42
Run Duration108 Seconds
Run User FIN-User
Background CPU4%

 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 7 1700-$195
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
72.1% Very good
Memory 71
1-Core 97.9
2-Core 196
68% 122 Pts
4-Core 393
8-Core 662
64% 528 Pts
64-Core 1,082
67% 1,082 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 72.1%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
115% Outstanding
Lighting 146
Reflection 192
Parallax 196
119% 178 fps
MRender 132
Gravity 184
Splatting 129
120% 148 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 115%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49
75GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
126% Outstanding
Read 1,360
Write 540
Mixed 794
197% 898 MB/s
4K Read 30
4K Write 96
4K Mixed 20.8
123% 49 MB/s
DQ Read 29.5
DQ Write 95.4
DQ Mixed 20.4
28% 48.4 MB/s
Poor: 79%
This bench: 126%
Great: 157%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
378GB free
Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
89.7% Excellent
Read 152
Write 161
Mixed 128
110% 147 MB/s
4K Read 0.75
4K Write 1.53
4K Mixed 0.28
90% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 89.7%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (38th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
78.4% Very good
MC Read 30.2
MC Write 28.9
MC Mixed 26.7
82% 28.6 GB/s
SC Read 17.9
SC Write 28.3
SC Mixed 22.4
65% 22.9 GB/s
Latency 99.1
40% 99.1 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 78.4%
Great: 110%

 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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HDDRAMUSB
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