MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics113% 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 Drive59.5% 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.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170919
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateJan 30 '18 at 04:06
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing below expectations (39th 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 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
73.2% Very good
Memory 70.9
1-Core 104
2-Core 206
70% 127 Pts
4-Core 406
8-Core 616
63% 511 Pts
64-Core 800
50% 800 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 73.2%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
113% Outstanding
Lighting 143
Reflection 184
Parallax 170
117% 166 fps
MRender 129
Gravity 173
Splatting 123
114% 142 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 113%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42
43GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (20th percentile)
59.5% Above average
Read 480
Write 138
Mixed 202
60% 273 MB/s
4K Read 25
4K Write 66.3
4K Mixed 13.3
90% 34.9 MB/s
DQ Read 136
DQ Write 131
DQ Mixed 42.4
57% 103 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 59.5%
Great: 82%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70
374GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
53.2% Above average
Read 98.2
Write 87
Mixed 70.2
64% 85.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.79
4K Mixed 0.18
70% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 53.2%
Great: 67%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.9% Very good
MC Read 29
MC Write 27.7
MC Mixed 26.6
79% 27.8 GB/s
SC Read 16.3
SC Write 23.2
SC Mixed 19.1
56% 19.5 GB/s
Latency 99.2
40% 99.2 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 103%

 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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