MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
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 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics88.8% 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 Drive69.5% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170215
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 20 '17 at 22:22
Run Duration91 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 20%
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 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 1600X-$125
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
77.1% Very good
Memory 76.6
1-Core 111
2-Core 223
76% 137 Pts
4-Core 417
8-Core 757
70% 587 Pts
64-Core 938
58% 938 Pts
Poor: 62%
This bench: 77.1%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.8% Excellent
Lighting 113
Reflection 116
Parallax 109
92% 112 fps
MRender 97.5
Gravity 102
Splatting 103
83% 101 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.8%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39
319GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
69.5% Good
Read 494
Write 340
Mixed 309
84% 381 MB/s
4K Read 31.4
4K Write 50.7
4K Mixed 10.4
88% 30.8 MB/s
DQ Read 31.8
DQ Write 153
DQ Mixed 10.5
32% 65 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 69.5%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROU 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 1067 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
97.8% Outstanding
MC Read 41
MC Write 33
MC Mixed 33.2
102% 35.7 GB/s
SC Read 22.7
SC Write 37.8
SC Mixed 26.9
83% 29.1 GB/s
Latency 87
46% 87 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 97.8%
Great: 99%

 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: 84% - Excellent Total price: $464
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