MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics104% 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 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.
Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170316
Uptime7 Days
Run DateJul 24 '18 at 00:37
Run Duration159 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 57%
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 PC Performing below expectations (38th 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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
77.2% Very good
Memory 70.1
1-Core 118
2-Core 238
77% 142 Pts
4-Core 452
8-Core 743
73% 597 Pts
64-Core 989
61% 989 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 77.2%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB; Asus strix rog 1080 8GB
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 135
Reflection 149
Parallax 137
110% 141 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 133
Splatting 109
96% 118 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
108GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 55 59 49 55 68 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
51.9% Above average
Read 124
Write 145
Mixed 92.3
SusWrite 55.9
77% 104 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 51.9%
Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40
49GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 77 76 79 77 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
59.7% Above average
Read 130
Write 136
Mixed 93
SusWrite 77.5
81% 109 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
209% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 45%
This bench: 59.7%
Great: 87%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB
3.5TB free, PID 25ee
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 34 34 34 34 33 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
16.1% Very poor
Read 35.5
Write 32.7
Mixed 29
SusWrite 33.7
44% 32.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
68% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 16.1%
Great: 100%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (25th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.2% Very good
MC Read 27.5
MC Write 24.7
MC Mixed 25.9
74% 26 GB/s
SC Read 16.9
SC Write 18.6
SC Mixed 18.6
52% 18 GB/s
Latency 101
40% 101 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 70.2%
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 3,073 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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