MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 88%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive244% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190123
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 05 '21 at 04:12
Run Duration207 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 11%
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 PC Performing below expectations (38th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$211
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
76% Very good
Memory 69.4
1-Core 111
2-Core 221
73% 134 Pts
4-Core 443
8-Core 810
75% 626 Pts
64-Core 1201
74% 1201 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 76%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$391
CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
111% Outstanding
Lighting 144
Reflection 136
Parallax 138
118% 139 fps
MRender 182
Gravity 120
Splatting 101
106% 134 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 111%
Great: 134%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
343GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1122 753 770 773 771 770 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
244% Outstanding
Read 2,375
Write 2,163
Mixed 1,716
SusWrite 826
396% 1,770 MB/s
4K Read 55.5
4K Write 95.6
4K Mixed 66.5
220% 72.5 MB/s
DQ Read 793
DQ Write 558
DQ Mixed 732
531% 694 MB/s
Poor: 178%
This bench: 244%
Great: 355%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190
55GB free
Firmware: DXM05B0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 189 185 175 172 164 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
89.7% Excellent
Read 499
Write 478
Mixed 324
SusWrite 208
84% 377 MB/s
4K Read 31
4K Write 75.4
4K Mixed 38.3
136% 48.2 MB/s
DQ Read 373
DQ Write 299
DQ Mixed 147
161% 273 MB/s
Poor: 68%
This bench: 89.7%
Great: 116%
WD WD2002FYPS-01U1B0 2TB
841GB free
Firmware: 04.01G02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 81 82 80 82 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
45.4% Average
Read 77.2
Write 72.2
Mixed 63.8
SusWrite 80.7
54% 73.5 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 45.4%
Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX2133C14/8G F4-3000C16-8GTZR KHX2400C15/8G F4-3000C16-8GTZR 32GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
71.8% Very good
MC Read 27.1
MC Write 24.8
MC Mixed 24.3
73% 25.4 GB/s
SC Read 21.1
SC Write 27.9
SC Mixed 24.1
70% 24.4 GB/s
Latency 103
39% 103 ns
Poor: 72%
This bench: 71.8%
Great: 73%

 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%
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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: $461
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