MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 48%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive71.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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)
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180316
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMar 14 '19 at 00:48
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing as expected (47th 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 3.25 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
71% Very good
Memory 70.8
1-Core 96.9
2-Core 203
68% 123 Pts
4-Core 382
8-Core 645
62% 514 Pts
64-Core 836
52% 836 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 71%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
Asus(1043 8618) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
60.2% Good
Lighting 75.1
Reflection 77.6
Parallax 67
61% 73.2 fps
MRender 70.4
Gravity 70
Splatting 72.8
58% 71.1 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 60.2%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67
43GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 110 127 118 143 134 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
71.8% Very good
Read 474
Write 428
Mixed 274
SusWrite 133
73% 327 MB/s
4K Read 30.8
4K Write 85.7
4K Mixed 17
114% 44.5 MB/s
DQ Read 370
DQ Write 161
DQ Mixed 284
206% 272 MB/s
Poor: 67%
This bench: 71.8%
Great: 117%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 494GB
229GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 89 87 90 90 89 MB/s
Performing as expected (40th percentile)
54.1% Above average
Read 98.7
Write 97
Mixed 35.7
SusWrite 89.7
58% 80.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 54.1%
Great: 103%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (32nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
75.3% Very good
MC Read 29.7
MC Write 26.2
MC Mixed 26.6
79% 27.5 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 25.6
SC Mixed 21.5
62% 21.6 GB/s
Latency 99.6
40% 99.6 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 75.3%
Great: 107%

 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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