MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics106% 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 Drive115% 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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190123
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 28 '20 at 01:18
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
85.7% Excellent
Memory 80.2
1-Core 125
2-Core 248
83% 151 Pts
4-Core 489
8-Core 826
80% 657 Pts
64-Core 1,313
81% 1,313 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 85.7%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.7.2
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 110
Parallax 214
107% 152 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 122
Splatting 154
108% 129 fps
Poor: 78%
This bench: 106%
Great: 91%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66
244GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 455 459 463 419 424 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 504
Write 464
Mixed 431
SusWrite 442
104% 460 MB/s
4K Read 35.4
4K Write 88.1
4K Mixed 50.4
165% 58 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 354
DQ Mixed 308
248% 348 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 115%
Great: 125%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56
269GB free
Firmware: SDM3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 88 92 96 95 94 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
42.4% Average
Read 54.2
Write 82.9
Mixed 52.1
SusWrite 93.1
52% 70.6 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.9
176% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 42.4%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2666 C15 Series 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
95.1% Outstanding
MC Read 38.4
MC Write 35.6
MC Mixed 29.5
99% 34.5 GB/s
SC Read 26
SC Write 32.9
SC Mixed 27.1
82% 28.7 GB/s
Latency 80.2
50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 95.1%
Great: 92%

 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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