MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 101%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics127% 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 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)
Memory13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180316
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 16 '18 at 12:20
Run Duration107 Seconds
Run User LCA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G-$104
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.75 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
79.4% Very good
Memory 80.6
1-Core 115
2-Core 231
79% 142 Pts
4-Core 451
8-Core 456
60% 454 Pts
64-Core 445
28% 445 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 79.4%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
MSI(1462 360C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2753 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (72nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
127% Outstanding
Lighting 177
Reflection 192
Parallax 184
144% 184 fps
MRender 126
Gravity 179
Splatting 120
114% 142 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 127%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
603GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 111 127 154 160 133 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
95.6% Outstanding
Read 197
Write 164
Mixed 94.1
SusWrite 136
108% 148 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.7
174% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 95.6%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSB.16FBD2 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz
Performing below potential (99th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
104% Outstanding
MC Read 38.6
MC Write 37.9
MC Mixed 37
108% 37.8 GB/s
SC Read 25.4
SC Write 40.8
SC Mixed 28.7
90% 31.6 GB/s
Latency 79.5
50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 104%
Great: 98%

 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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