MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics81.6% 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 Drive64.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170427
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateSep 15 '17 at 01:46
Run Duration222 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%
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 PC Performing above expectations (76th 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 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
76.6% Very good
Memory 71.5
1-Core 110
2-Core 222
74% 135 Pts
4-Core 438
8-Core 847
76% 642 Pts
64-Core 1,179
73% 1,179 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 76.6%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94
Performing below potential (73rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
81.6% Excellent
Lighting 102
Reflection 113
Parallax 95.4
83% 103 fps
MRender 95.5
Gravity 93.1
Splatting 101
79% 96.4 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 81.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42
70GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
64.8% Good
Read 510
Write 200
Mixed 285
73% 332 MB/s
4K Read 27
4K Write 77.2
4K Mixed 3.75
86% 36 MB/s
DQ Read 184
DQ Write 204
DQ Mixed 24.4
65% 137 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 64.8%
Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31
823GB free
Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 188
Write 188
Mixed 181
140% 186 MB/s
4K Read 0.95
4K Write 1.95
4K Mixed 0.36
115% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 108%
Great: 112%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 8GB
1GB free, PID 0059
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
6.54% Terrible
Read 22.9
Write 8.49
Mixed 8.96
14% 13.5 MB/s
4K Read 5.71
4K Write 0.008
4K Mixed 0.007
22% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.54%
Great: 8%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (44th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
77.1% Very good
MC Read 30.2
MC Write 28
MC Mixed 26.5
81% 28.2 GB/s
SC Read 18.5
SC Write 25.9
SC Mixed 21.3
63% 21.9 GB/s
Latency 97.8
41% 97.8 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 77.1%
Great: 104%

 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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