MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics89.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive51.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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)
Memory5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170316
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 25 '18 at 01:48
Run Duration114 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (82nd 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 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
79.6% Very good
Memory 72.5
1-Core 116
2-Core 230
76% 139 Pts
4-Core 465
8-Core 780
76% 622 Pts
64-Core 960
59% 960 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
89.6% Excellent
Lighting 114
Reflection 114
Parallax 109
93% 112 fps
MRender 98.4
Gravity 103
Splatting 104
84% 102 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 89.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37
37GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
51.8% Above average
Read 441
Write 114
Mixed 152
51% 236 MB/s
4K Read 21.2
4K Write 73.2
4K Mixed 10.4
84% 34.9 MB/s
DQ Read 22.8
DQ Write 118
DQ Mixed 23.8
32% 55 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 51.8%
Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33
295GB free
Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 196
Write 164
Mixed 173
134% 178 MB/s
4K Read 0.68
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.18
84% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 103%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4-2400C DDR4 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 1067 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
87.9% Excellent
MC Read 34.5
MC Write 32.5
MC Mixed 29.9
92% 32.3 GB/s
SC Read 20.9
SC Write 30.6
SC Mixed 24.1
72% 25.2 GB/s
Latency 95.7
42% 95.7 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 87.9%
Great: 93%

 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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