MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 31%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 31%
Sail boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics30.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive236% 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.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180316
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 19 '18 at 00:48
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
74% Very good
Memory 74.7
1-Core 112
2-Core 219
75% 135 Pts
4-Core 393
8-Core 786
70% 590 Pts
64-Core 1,090
68% 1,090 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 74%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199
Sapphire(174B E270) 2GB
CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
30.6% Below average
Lighting 39
Reflection 34.6
Parallax 45.6
32% 39.7 fps
MRender 30
Gravity 32.4
Splatting 39.3
28% 33.9 fps
Poor: 25%
This bench: 30.6%
Great: 29%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
141GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
236% Outstanding
Read 2,856
Write 1,235
Mixed 1,417
402% 1,836 MB/s
4K Read 45.5
4K Write 73.7
4K Mixed 23.4
138% 47.6 MB/s
DQ Read 160
DQ Write 123
DQ Mixed 37.9
56% 107 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 236%
Great: 236%
P3-128 128GB
118GB free
Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below potential (18th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
45% Average
Read 246
Write 91.8
Mixed 141
35% 160 MB/s
4K Read 28.8
4K Write 68.8
4K Mixed 12.3
96% 36.7 MB/s
DQ Read 28.3
DQ Write 65.1
DQ Mixed 13.3
20% 35.6 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 45%
Great: 96%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64
814GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
77% Very good
Read 132
Write 136
Mixed 130
100% 133 MB/s
4K Read 0.86
4K Write 2.32
4K Mixed 0.28
110% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 77%
Great: 85%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
87.8% Excellent
MC Read 34.8
MC Write 33.4
MC Mixed 29.2
93% 32.5 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 32.6
SC Mixed 26.5
68% 23.9 GB/s
Latency 91
44% 91 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 87.8%
Great: 86%

 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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HDDRAMUSB
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