MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics102% 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 Drive58.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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)
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180502
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 23 '18 at 03:49
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing as expected (56th 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 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
71.3% Very good
Memory 69.8
1-Core 95.6
2-Core 196
67% 120 Pts
4-Core 391
8-Core 627
62% 509 Pts
64-Core 859
53% 859 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 71.3%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63
Performing below potential (51st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 141
Parallax 123
107% 132 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 132
Splatting 106
95% 118 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 102%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB
54GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 112 64 61 112 60 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
58.3% Above average
Read 504
Write 431
Mixed 427
SusWrite 81.4
80% 361 MB/s
4K Read 30.4
4K Write 77.6
4K Mixed 13.8
105% 40.6 MB/s
DQ Read 132
DQ Write 8.5
DQ Mixed 168
98% 103 MB/s
Poor: 61%
This bench: 58.3%
Great: 108%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175
179GB free
Firmware: 0C3J96R9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 245 155 125 112 104 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
75.6% Very good
Read 484
Write 441
Mixed 335
SusWrite 195
81% 364 MB/s
4K Read 27.5
4K Write 59.3
4K Mixed 29.6
111% 38.8 MB/s
DQ Read 324
DQ Write 140
DQ Mixed 162
138% 208 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 75.6%
Great: 92%
Seagate Expansion 2TB
1TB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 127 127 123 135 136 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
68.3% Good
Read 110
Write 127
Mixed 95
SusWrite 128
85% 115 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.1
94% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 68.3%
Great: 67%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (63rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
79.1% Very good
MC Read 30.3
MC Write 29.5
MC Mixed 26.9
83% 28.9 GB/s
SC Read 19.4
SC Write 28.1
SC Mixed 22.3
66% 23.3 GB/s
Latency 102
39% 102 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 79.1%
Great: 95%

 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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