MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics105% 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 Drive72.8% 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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170919
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateNov 01 '17 at 23:40
Run Duration246 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
71.9% Very good
Memory 70.9
1-Core 98
2-Core 196
68% 121 Pts
4-Core 392
8-Core 694
65% 543 Pts
64-Core 1,003
62% 1,003 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 71.9%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.10
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
105% Outstanding
Lighting 136
Reflection 147
Parallax 126
110% 136 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 140
Splatting 109
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 105%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100
79GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
72.8% Very good
Read 478
Write 338
Mixed 335
85% 384 MB/s
4K Read 25.3
4K Write 61.2
4K Mixed 20.1
96% 35.5 MB/s
DQ Read 25.1
DQ Write 167
DQ Mixed 12.5
34% 68.2 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 72.8%
Great: 95%
Seagate ST31000533CS 1TB
52GB free
Firmware: SC15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
64.8% Good
Read 114
Write 112
Mixed 104
83% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.75
4K Write 1.31
4K Mixed 0.44
105% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 64.8%
Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83
0GB free
Firmware: 8104
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
22.7% Poor
Read 40.7
Write 37.2
Mixed 38.6
29% 38.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.78
4K Write 3.05
4K Mixed 0.64
160% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 22.7%
Great: 75%
WD Elements 2TB
197GB free, PID 1021
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
16.7% Very poor
Read 34.1
Write 31.8
Mixed 17
34% 27.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.69
4K Write 1.51
4K Mixed 0.23
62% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 16.7%
Great: 44%
Intenso USB 3.0 Device 250GB
31GB free, PID 55aa
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
19.3% Very poor
Read 33.7
Write 31.9
Mixed 32.9
42% 32.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.68
4K Write 2.38
4K Mixed 0.48
100% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 19.3%
Great: 139%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
80.3% Excellent
MC Read 32.3
MC Write 27.8
MC Mixed 28.6
84% 29.6 GB/s
SC Read 18.4
SC Write 27
SC Mixed 21.6
64% 22.3 GB/s
Latency 99.4
40% 99.4 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 101%

 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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