MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics87% 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 Drive55.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170419
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMay 04 '17 at 08:31
Run Duration134 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (66th 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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
79.6% Very good
Memory 77.4
1-Core 111
2-Core 223
76% 137 Pts
4-Core 440
8-Core 710
70% 575 Pts
64-Core 916
57% 916 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2067 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
87% Excellent
Lighting 108
Reflection 119
Parallax 101
88% 109 fps
MRender 102
Gravity 99.8
Splatting 106
84% 103 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 480GB-$180
337GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
55.3% Above average
Read 512
Write 216
Mixed 298
75% 342 MB/s
4K Read 28
4K Write 22.6
4K Mixed 12.2
70% 21 MB/s
DQ Read 28.2
DQ Write 20.5
DQ Mixed 12.2
12% 20.3 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 55.3%
Great: 69%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125
2.5TB free
Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 63% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
78.1% Very good
Read 142
Write 130
Mixed 120
98% 131 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.24
98% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 78.1%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 1067 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
95.2% Outstanding
MC Read 38.3
MC Write 34.2
MC Mixed 32.1
100% 34.9 GB/s
SC Read 21.4
SC Write 35.7
SC Mixed 25.4
79% 27.5 GB/s
Latency 85.5
47% 85.5 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 95.2%
Great: 110%

 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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