MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 34%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics36.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive116% 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.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180125
Uptime1.7 Days
Run DateSep 22 '18 at 23:00
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
74.9% Very good
Memory 72.1
1-Core 104
2-Core 208
71% 128 Pts
4-Core 418
8-Core 644
66% 531 Pts
64-Core 846
52% 846 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
36.8% Below average
Lighting 48
Reflection 32.2
Parallax 39.4
39% 39.9 fps
MRender 38.7
Gravity 42.8
Splatting 37.5
32% 39.6 fps
Poor: 27%
This bench: 36.8%
Great: 33%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
302GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 463 334 293 292 280 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 510
Write 471
Mixed 448
SusWrite 349
100% 444 MB/s
4K Read 40.6
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 54.9
185% 65.6 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 353
DQ Mixed 363
273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 116%
Great: 129%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$30
232GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 102 103 103 99 96 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
59.2% Above average
Read 106
Write 96
Mixed 68.2
SusWrite 100
68% 92.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 59.2%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (45th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
79.5% Very good
MC Read 30.7
MC Write 29.3
MC Mixed 26.9
83% 29 GB/s
SC Read 19.6
SC Write 28.5
SC Mixed 22.2
67% 23.4 GB/s
Latency 96.6
41% 96.6 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 79.5%
Great: 108%

 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 3,071 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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