MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics90.3% 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 Drive24.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.
Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180502
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 30 '22 at 02:21
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 35%
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 PC Performing as expected (43rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$225
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
70% Very good
Memory 69.9
1-Core 107
2-Core 184
68% 120 Pts
4-Core 377
8-Core 663
63% 520 Pts
64-Core 1,099
68% 1,099 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 70%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.59
Performing below potential (53rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
90.3% Outstanding
Lighting 114
Reflection 103
Parallax 106
93% 108 fps
MRender 129
Gravity 98.6
Splatting 91.3
85% 106 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 90.3%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$30
7GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKB1E1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 61 17 14 14 38 MB/s
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
24.7% Poor
Read 186
Write 91.3
Mixed 89.8
SusWrite 42.2
23% 102 MB/s
4K Read 14.1
4K Write 19.9
4K Mixed 11.1
46% 15 MB/s
DQ Read 16.3
DQ Write 17.4
DQ Mixed 16.1
12% 16.6 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 24.7%
Great: 85%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70
258GB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 30 31 30 28 28 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 39% Great: 111%
Apple HDD HTS541010A9E662 1TB
892GB free
Firmware: JA0AB5D0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 103 83 76 49 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
53.2% Above average
Read 99
Write 90.7
Mixed 37.8
SusWrite 86.4
57% 78.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 53.2%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
76.5% Very good
MC Read 29.7
MC Write 28.3
MC Mixed 26.1
80% 28 GB/s
SC Read 19.5
SC Write 23.8
SC Mixed 22.2
62% 21.8 GB/s
Latency 102
39% 102 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 76.5%
Great: 104%

 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 3,074 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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