MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics87.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive62.2% 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)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171205
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 04 '20 at 18:39
Run Duration145 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 5 1600-$110
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
78.5% Very good
Memory 74.2
1-Core 111
2-Core 222
75% 136 Pts
4-Core 445
8-Core 739
72% 592 Pts
64-Core 922
57% 922 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 78.5%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.5.1
Performing below potential (59th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
87.2% Excellent
Lighting 105
Reflection 88.3
Parallax 159
85% 117 fps
MRender 88.3
Gravity 111
Splatting 127
91% 109 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 87.2%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB
78GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 163 30 61 52 60 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
62.2% Good
Read 519
Write 400
Mixed 433
SusWrite 105
81% 364 MB/s
4K Read 31.9
4K Write 86.3
4K Mixed 14
112% 44.1 MB/s
DQ Read 127
DQ Write 9
DQ Mixed 166
96% 101 MB/s
Poor: 61%
This bench: 62.2%
Great: 108%
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB
39GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 118 121 65 50 96 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 59%
Seagate ST500VM000-1SD101 500GB
462GB free
Firmware: SC11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 178 179 178 180 179 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
100% Outstanding
Read 171
Write 171
Mixed 71.2
SusWrite 179
108% 148 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 100%
Great: 100%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
89.6% Excellent
MC Read 34.4
MC Write 33.1
MC Mixed 30.3
93% 32.6 GB/s
SC Read 22.1
SC Write 32.6
SC Mixed 26.5
77% 27.1 GB/s
Latency 92
44% 92 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 89.6%
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 3,073 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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