MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 18%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics21.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180502
Uptime11.8 Days
Run DateOct 26 '21 at 01:49
Run Duration191 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing as expected (41st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G-$135
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
64.4% Good
Memory 72.7
1-Core 111
2-Core 193
71% 125 Pts
4-Core 302
8-Core 559
52% 431 Pts
64-Core 489
30% 489 Pts
Poor: 52%
This bench: 64.4%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500
Gigabyte(1458 22FF) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1224 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
21.4% Poor
Lighting 25.8
Reflection 28.1
Parallax 36.4
21% 30.1 fps
MRender 27.5
Gravity 28.8
Splatting 25.8
22% 27.4 fps
Poor: 19%
This bench: 21.4%
Great: 25%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61
208GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 74 82 90 89 94 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
49.6% Average
Read 90
Write 134
Mixed 45.2
SusWrite 82.8
64% 87.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.4
93% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 49.6%
Great: 108%
WD Re 2TB-$28
2TB free
Firmware: 01.01D03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 141 140 140 137 141 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
83.9% Excellent
Read 153
Write 132
Mixed 104
SusWrite 139
97% 132 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
204% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 83.9%
Great: 83%
WD Re 2TB-$28
2TB free
Firmware: 01.01D03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 50 48 49 47 47 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
37.7% Below average
Read 83.7
Write 39
Mixed 50.2
SusWrite 47.9
41% 55.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.4
64% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 37.7%
Great: 83%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz
Performing below potential (32nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
75.5% Very good
MC Read 28.9
MC Write 28
MC Mixed 26.7
80% 27.9 GB/s
SC Read 17
SC Write 23
SC Mixed 20.2
57% 20.1 GB/s
Latency 95.3
42% 95.3 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 75.5%
Great: 91%

 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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