MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics103% 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 Drive2.54% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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)
Memory2.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170913
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateJan 07 '20 at 14:58
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User SVK-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing as expected (45th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X-$125
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
76.3% Very good
Memory 74.3
1-Core 112
2-Core 226
76% 137 Pts
4-Core 420
8-Core 706
69% 563 Pts
64-Core 922
57% 922 Pts
Poor: 62%
This bench: 76.3%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87
Performing below potential (61st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
103% Outstanding
Lighting 133
Reflection 148
Parallax 124
108% 135 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 131
Splatting 109
96% 118 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 103%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29
20GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK71E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 80 53 22 1.8 8.3 MB/s
Relative performance (0th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
2.54% Terrible
Read 10
Write 177
Mixed 1.8
SusWrite 30
13% 54.8 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.6
1% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 2.54%
Great: 85%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB
168GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 137 131 124 128 122 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
84.6% Excellent
Read 165
Write 140
Mixed 86
SusWrite 129
96% 130 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.2
239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 84.6%
Great: 110%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSBK.8FD BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 16GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
42.8% Average
MC Read 16.1
MC Write 13.3
MC Mixed 13.3
41% 14.2 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 16.5
SC Mixed 15.6
45% 15.7 GB/s
Latency 91.9
44% 91.9 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 42.8%
Great: 88%

 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: 84% - Excellent Total price: $464
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