MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics93.2% 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 Drive137% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170410
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 24 '17 at 18:55
Run Duration88 Seconds
Run User THA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
82% Excellent
Memory 72.8
1-Core 121
2-Core 245
80% 146 Pts
4-Core 488
8-Core 925
84% 707 Pts
64-Core 1,356
84% 1,356 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 82%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2105 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
93.2% Outstanding
Lighting 119
Reflection 124
Parallax 104
97% 116 fps
MRender 100
Gravity 107
Splatting 107
86% 105 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 93.2%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$110
115GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
137% Outstanding
Read 1,351
Write 533
Mixed 643
184% 842 MB/s
4K Read 40.5
4K Write 71.8
4K Mixed 27.8
135% 46.7 MB/s
DQ Read 273
DQ Write 180
DQ Mixed 19.1
70% 158 MB/s
Poor: 125%
This bench: 137%
Great: 215%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR4-3200 CL16 8GB 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74% Very good
MC Read 27.8
MC Write 26.6
MC Mixed 24.9
76% 26.4 GB/s
SC Read 19.7
SC Write 28.6
SC Mixed 22.9
68% 23.7 GB/s
Latency 95.1
42% 95.1 ns
Poor: 73%
This bench: 74%
Great: 112%

 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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