MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 34%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics43.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180125
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 28 '18 at 18:23
Run Duration86 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing as expected (48th 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 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
68.4% Good
Memory 73.5
1-Core 106
2-Core 199
71% 126 Pts
4-Core 340
8-Core 628
58% 484 Pts
64-Core 867
54% 867 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 68.4%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75
Sapphire(174B E354) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.2
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
43.2% Average
Lighting 52
Reflection 64.4
Parallax 71.3
42% 62.5 fps
MRender 61.5
Gravity 50.8
Splatting 53.1
45% 55.1 fps
Poor: 35%
This bench: 43.2%
Great: 53%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28
272GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
77.2% Very good
Read 126
Write 143
Mixed 112
95% 127 MB/s
4K Read 0.38
4K Write 1.88
4K Mixed 0.11
63% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 77.2%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8GBF1X08JEEE36-12-K 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
88.9% Excellent
MC Read 34.6
MC Write 32.6
MC Mixed 30.4
93% 32.5 GB/s
SC Read 21.5
SC Write 30.9
SC Mixed 25.4
74% 25.9 GB/s
Latency 93.5
43% 93.5 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 88.9%
Great: 90%

 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 3,078 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: 86% - Excellent Total price: $453
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