MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics7.57% 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 Drive17.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20180125
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 27 '18 at 14:33
Run Duration185 Seconds
Run User UKR-User
Background CPU 27%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X-$125
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
79.2% Very good
Memory 83.1
1-Core 112
2-Core 224
78% 140 Pts
4-Core 404
8-Core 747
69% 575 Pts
64-Core 948
59% 948 Pts
Poor: 62%
This bench: 79.2%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250
Asus(1043 8339) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.92
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
7.57% Terrible
Lighting 10.3
Reflection 9.81
Parallax 3.56
8% 7.9 fps
MRender 8.29
Gravity 7.53
Splatting 6.3
6% 7.37 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 7.57%
Great: 8%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SV100S264G 64GB
9GB free (System drive)
Firmware: D100811a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 110 88 89 17 79 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
17.7% Very poor
Read 147
Write 86.5
Mixed 39.8
SusWrite 75.8
19% 87.3 MB/s
4K Read 11.3
4K Write 9.6
4K Mixed 1.5
24% 7.47 MB/s
DQ Read 12.5
DQ Write 12.4
DQ Mixed 7.7
7% 10.9 MB/s
Poor: 9%
This bench: 17.7%
Great: 30%
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$115
238GB free
Firmware: Q0926B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 453 456 459 458 459 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 492
Write 449
Mixed 425
SusWrite 456
103% 456 MB/s
4K Read 28.8
4K Write 79.3
4K Mixed 40
137% 49.4 MB/s
DQ Read 230
DQ Write 258
DQ Mixed 226
175% 238 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 101%
Great: 114%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82
1.5TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 112 112 112 112 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
63.4% Good
Read 109
Write 109
Mixed 75.8
SusWrite 112
75% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 45%
This bench: 63.4%
Great: 86%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3133 MHz clocked @ 1567 MHz
Performing below potential (96th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
110% Outstanding
MC Read 44.3
MC Write 41.1
MC Mixed 35.4
115% 40.3 GB/s
SC Read 24.9
SC Write 40.4
SC Mixed 31
92% 32.1 GB/s
Latency 75
53% 75 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 110%
Great: 111%

 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 3,076 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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