MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 110%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 102%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics129% 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 Drive59.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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)
Memory13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170727
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateSep 16 '17 at 05:17
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (84th 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 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
83.5% Excellent
Memory 79.2
1-Core 120
2-Core 239
81% 146 Pts
4-Core 471
8-Core 771
76% 621 Pts
64-Core 987
61% 987 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 83.5%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2840 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
129% Outstanding
Lighting 174
Reflection 214
Parallax 186
142% 191 fps
MRender 136
Gravity 190
Splatting 136
125% 154 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 129%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25
137GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
59.4% Above average
Read 505
Write 198
Mixed 333
76% 345 MB/s
4K Read 22
4K Write 83.4
4K Mixed 0.04
78% 35.2 MB/s
DQ Read 72.7
DQ Write 219
DQ Mixed 5.01
44% 98.9 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 59.4%
Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
761GB free
Firmware: HP64 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
66.4% Good
Read 115
Write 116
Mixed 118
88% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.83
4K Write 1.67
4K Mixed 0.37
106% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 66.4%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz
Performing below potential (97th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
100% Outstanding
MC Read 41.3
MC Write 35.5
MC Mixed 33.3
105% 36.7 GB/s
SC Read 22.6
SC Write 38.2
SC Mixed 27.3
84% 29.4 GB/s
Latency 82.1
49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 100%
Great: 99%

 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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