MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics98.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180316
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 04 '20 at 20:21
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$155
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
82.1% Excellent
Memory 80.4
1-Core 118
2-Core 235
80% 145 Pts
4-Core 451
8-Core 703
71% 577 Pts
64-Core 940
58% 940 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 82.1%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
EVGA(3842 6181) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66
Performing below potential (26th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
98.9% Outstanding
Lighting 127
Reflection 137
Parallax 119
103% 128 fps
MRender 109
Gravity 124
Splatting 102
91% 112 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 98.9%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46
121GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2,450
Write 2,203
Mixed 1,543
459% 2,065 MB/s
4K Read 59.4
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 77
255% 87.2 MB/s
DQ Read 884
DQ Write 626
DQ Mixed 836
603% 782 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
2TB free
Firmware: MX4OABS0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 173 175 179 178 179 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 188
Write 170
Mixed 26
SusWrite 177
101% 140 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.8
181% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 105%
Great: 108%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB
170GB free
Firmware: 10.02E04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 60 60 60 60 60 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
33.7% Below average
Read 57.5
Write 59.7
Mixed 44.5
SusWrite 59.4
41% 55.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1
176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 33.7%
Great: 35%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8GBF1X08JEEE36-12-K 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
88.6% Excellent
MC Read 34.1
MC Write 31.8
MC Mixed 29.9
91% 31.9 GB/s
SC Read 23.7
SC Write 31.7
SC Mixed 25.8
77% 27.1 GB/s
Latency 79.9
50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 88.6%
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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