MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics108% 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.
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)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170316
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateDec 12 '18 at 20:19
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X-$102
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
73% Very good
Memory 72.7
1-Core 110
2-Core 219
74% 134 Pts
4-Core 432
8-Core 376
55% 404 Pts
64-Core 426
26% 426 Pts
Poor: 46%
This bench: 73%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2355 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 141
Reflection 156
Parallax 131
115% 142 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 135
Splatting 118
100% 122 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 108%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
T-64 64GB
7GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T170810a
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 436
Write 286
Mixed 310
76% 344 MB/s
4K Read 31.4
4K Write 83.6
4K Mixed 29.8
130% 48.3 MB/s
DQ Read 61.6
DQ Write 255
DQ Mixed 70.6
80% 129 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
83GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 97 97 94 92 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
59.6% Above average
Read 112
Write 104
Mixed 70.3
SusWrite 95.5
70% 95.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 59.6%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMU16GX4 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 1067 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
96.3% Outstanding
MC Read 38.3
MC Write 33.7
MC Mixed 34.6
102% 35.5 GB/s
SC Read 21
SC Write 34.8
SC Mixed 26.9
79% 27.6 GB/s
Latency 95.2
42% 95.2 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 96.3%
Great: 96%

 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 3,076 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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