MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics101% 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 Drive76.4% 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)
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170919
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateFeb 18 '18 at 02:09
Run Duration86 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing as expected (54th 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 3.05 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
73.9% Very good
Memory 71.3
1-Core 95.1
2-Core 189
67% 118 Pts
4-Core 411
8-Core 685
67% 548 Pts
64-Core 859
53% 859 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 73.9%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
EVGA(3842 6583) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 144
Parallax 123
106% 132 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 118
Splatting 107
91% 112 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
374GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
76.4% Very good
Read 503
Write 411
Mixed 411
98% 442 MB/s
4K Read 30
4K Write 42.2
4K Mixed 17.6
90% 29.9 MB/s
DQ Read 31.3
DQ Write 170
DQ Mixed 16.8
38% 72.6 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 76.4%
Great: 134%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
100% Outstanding
MC Read 43.6
MC Write 35.9
MC Mixed 34.3
108% 37.9 GB/s
SC Read 19.7
SC Write 29.1
SC Mixed 25.5
71% 24.8 GB/s
Latency 98.3
41% 98.3 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 100%
Great: 108%

 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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