MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics100% 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.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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)
Memory18.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180502
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateNov 14 '18 at 01:48
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (79th 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 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
77.4% Very good
Memory 80.4
1-Core 118
2-Core 230
80% 143 Pts
4-Core 401
8-Core 677
66% 539 Pts
64-Core 879
54% 879 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 77.4%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
100% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 144
Parallax 117
105% 130 fps
MRender 107
Gravity 129
Splatting 103
92% 113 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 100%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52
8GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 465
Write 220
Mixed 302
72% 329 MB/s
4K Read 30.9
4K Write 83.8
4K Mixed 37.8
140% 50.8 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 256
DQ Mixed 229
195% 288 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 191 192 189 191 191 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 187
Write 151
Mixed 85
SusWrite 191
112% 153 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 108%
Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23
455GB free
Firmware: KC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 128 129 130 128 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
75.8% Very good
Read 136
Write 132
Mixed 64
SusWrite 129
84% 115 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.9
150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 75.8%
Great: 88%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 3000 C16 Series CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 24GB
3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz
4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
94.8% Outstanding
MC Read 37.4
MC Write 30.8
MC Mixed 35.7
99% 34.6 GB/s
SC Read 22.3
SC Write 32
SC Mixed 27.7
78% 27.3 GB/s
Latency 79.9
50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 94.8%
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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