MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics94.7% 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 Drive68.6% 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.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory5.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180316
Uptime1.2 Days
Run DateDec 11 '20 at 18:54
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing as expected (46th 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 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
75.5% Very good
Memory 73.3
1-Core 104
2-Core 206
71% 128 Pts
4-Core 418
8-Core 683
67% 550 Pts
64-Core 848
52% 848 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 75.5%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
94.7% Outstanding
Lighting 113
Reflection 135
Parallax 125
92% 124 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 137
Splatting 117
100% 123 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 94.7%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HP S700 500GB-$60
176GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0116B1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.3 310 85 9.1 126 6 MB/s
Performing as expected (40th percentile)
68.6% Good
Read 503
Write 424
Mixed 394
SusWrite 90.9
79% 353 MB/s
4K Read 25.4
4K Write 87.2
4K Mixed 20.9
111% 44.5 MB/s
DQ Read 113
DQ Write 339
DQ Mixed 0.7
66% 151 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 68.6%
Great: 100%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
3TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 124 124 124 126 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
75.2% Very good
Read 138
Write 114
Mixed 110
SusWrite 124
90% 122 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.8
175% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 75.2%
Great: 83%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8GBF1X08JEEE36-12-K 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
45.2% Average
MC Read 17.1
MC Write 14.6
MC Mixed 14.2
44% 15.3 GB/s
SC Read 15.9
SC Write 16
SC Mixed 15.8
45% 15.9 GB/s
Latency 94
43% 94 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 45.2%
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 3,079 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: 86% - Excellent Total price: $453
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