MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine
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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics108% 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 Drive201% 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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170919
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 14 '17 at 19:46
Run Duration81 Seconds
Run User NOR-User
Background CPU5%
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 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 1600X-$125
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Memory 83.5
1-Core 122
2-Core 244
83% 150 Pts
4-Core 485
8-Core 771
77% 628 Pts
64-Core 1,012
63% 1,012 Pts
Poor: 62%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 142
Reflection 152
Parallax 130
116% 141 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 136
Splatting 110
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
426GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXY7501Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
201% Outstanding
Read 1,708
Write 1,220
Mixed 1,230
307% 1,386 MB/s
4K Read 52.4
4K Write 90.9
4K Mixed 29.8
166% 57.7 MB/s
DQ Read 262
DQ Write 188
DQ Mixed 30.4
76% 160 MB/s
Poor: 126%
This bench: 201%
Great: 259%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
105% Outstanding
MC Read 43.5
MC Write 36.8
MC Mixed 34
109% 38.1 GB/s
SC Read 24.4
SC Write 41
SC Mixed 28
89% 31.1 GB/s
Latency 74.3
54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 105%
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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