MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 72%, 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 Drive89.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180308
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJul 20 '18 at 02:14
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (63rd 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 2.8 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
72% Very good
Memory 70.3
1-Core 98.2
2-Core 197
68% 122 Pts
4-Core 395
8-Core 756
68% 576 Pts
64-Core 1,077
67% 1,077 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 72%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 142
Parallax 123
105% 131 fps
MRender 111
Gravity 125
Splatting 104
92% 113 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Micron_1100_MTFDDAK2T0TBN 2TB
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: M0MU031
SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 364 424 274 279 274 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
89.8% Excellent
Read 410
Write 473
Mixed 365
SusWrite 327
89% 394 MB/s
4K Read 17.2
4K Write 90.2
4K Mixed 37.1
121% 48.2 MB/s
DQ Read 362
DQ Write 332
DQ Mixed 292
234% 329 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 89.8%
Great: 101%
Adata XPG SX8000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$100
231GB free
Firmware: C2.1.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 519 223 231 233 300 452 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
134% Outstanding
Read 932
Write 760
Mixed 805
SusWrite 326
158% 706 MB/s
4K Read 30.1
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 50
171% 65.1 MB/s
DQ Read 364
DQ Write 719
DQ Mixed 416
352% 500 MB/s
Poor: 95%
This bench: 134%
Great: 181%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61
2TB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 198 197 198 199 198 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 187
Write 156
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 198
101% 141 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.5
142% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 110%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.5% Very good
MC Read 28.5
MC Write 26.5
MC Mixed 25.2
76% 26.7 GB/s
SC Read 19.4
SC Write 28.4
SC Mixed 23.4
68% 23.7 GB/s
Latency 101
40% 101 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 74.5%
Great: 105%

 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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