MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics95.1% 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 Drive229% 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.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170919
Uptime5.8 Days
Run DateApr 17 '18 at 03:55
Run Duration105 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 16%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X-$131
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
74.2% Very good
Memory 78.6
1-Core 113
2-Core 220
77% 137 Pts
4-Core 376
8-Core 637
62% 506 Pts
64-Core 630
39% 630 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 74.2%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2112 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
95.1% Outstanding
Lighting 120
Reflection 126
Parallax 106
98% 117 fps
MRender 105
Gravity 110
Splatting 111
89% 109 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 95.1%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
60GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
229% Outstanding
Read 2,594
Write 1,186
Mixed 1,340
374% 1,707 MB/s
4K Read 53.2
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 24.2
172% 64.1 MB/s
DQ Read 53.3
DQ Write 113
DQ Mixed 25.1
36% 63.8 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 229%
Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
281GB free
Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
89% Excellent
Read 160
Write 151
Mixed 138
112% 150 MB/s
4K Read 0.66
4K Write 1.62
4K Mixed 0.27
87% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 89%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz
Performing below potential (96th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
103% Outstanding
MC Read 41.6
MC Write 37.8
MC Mixed 35.2
109% 38.2 GB/s
SC Read 22.3
SC Write 35.5
SC Mixed 26.7
80% 28.2 GB/s
Latency 83.2
48% 83.2 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 103%
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 3,073 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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HDDRAMUSB
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