MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics12.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.
Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170919
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 14 '18 at 06:37
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 53%

 PC Performing as expected (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 3 1200-$100
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
75.9% Very good
Memory 78.8
1-Core 117
2-Core 230
79% 142 Pts
4-Core 415
8-Core 457
57% 436 Pts
64-Core 464
29% 464 Pts
Poor: 37%
This bench: 75.9%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120
CLim: 1150 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.2
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
12.1% Very poor
Lighting 0.4
Reflection 50.3
Parallax 65.2
0% 38.6 fps
MRender 48.9
Gravity 45.6
Splatting 36.3
35% 43.6 fps
Poor: 35%
This bench: 12.1%
Great: 40%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
74.3% Very good
Read 94.5
Write 165
Mixed 152
104% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.38
4K Write 1.17
4K Mixed 0.27
67% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 74.3%
Great: 110%
WD WD1200JS-00MHB0 120GB
104GB free
Firmware: 10.02E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
20.4% Poor
Read 34
Write 36.6
Mixed 35
26% 35.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.67
4K Write 1.68
4K Mixed 0.5
114% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 20.4%
Great: 35%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
109% Outstanding
MC Read 43
MC Write 41.8
MC Mixed 37.2
116% 40.7 GB/s
SC Read 23.1
SC Write 36.3
SC Mixed 26.7
82% 28.7 GB/s
Latency 82.9
48% 82.9 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 109%
Great: 110%

 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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