MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics90.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive243% 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)
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180316
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 31 '18 at 10:01
Run Duration437 Seconds
Run User BEL-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (63rd 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 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
84.4% Excellent
Memory 83.6
1-Core 117
2-Core 228
80% 143 Pts
4-Core 458
8-Core 731
73% 595 Pts
64-Core 971
60% 971 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 84.4%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
90.8% Outstanding
Lighting 115
Reflection 117
Parallax 101
94% 111 fps
MRender 107
Gravity 106
Splatting 101
85% 105 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 90.8%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
187GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
95.1% Outstanding
Read 496
Write 411
Mixed 422
99% 443 MB/s
4K Read 38.8
4K Write 61.9
4K Mixed 39.9
143% 46.9 MB/s
DQ Read 155
DQ Write 118
DQ Mixed 58.1
65% 110 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 95.1%
Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
135GB free
Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
95.4% Outstanding
Read 514
Write 414
Mixed 422
100% 450 MB/s
4K Read 37.9
4K Write 63
4K Mixed 39.4
141% 46.8 MB/s
DQ Read 150
DQ Write 114
DQ Mixed 59
64% 108 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 95.4%
Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
34GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
243% Outstanding
Read 2,860
Write 1,196
Mixed 1,284
389% 1,780 MB/s
4K Read 48
4K Write 81
4K Mixed 36.4
162% 55.1 MB/s
DQ Read 177
DQ Write 124
DQ Mixed 65.4
72% 122 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 243%
Great: 236%
Sandisk Ext SSD 120GB
5GB free
Firmware: 0
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
46.4% Average
Read 285
Write 329
Mixed 289
68% 301 MB/s
4K Read 16.8
4K Write 31.3
4K Mixed 5.09
48% 17.7 MB/s
DQ Read 18.1
DQ Write 38.4
DQ Mixed 4.93
10% 20.5 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 46.4%
Great: 58%
Seagate Expansion 500GB
34GB free
Firmware: 0502
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
53.3% Above average
Read 95.6
Write 90.6
Mixed 80.6
67% 88.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.25
4K Write 0.73
4K Mixed 0.12
38% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 53.3%
Great: 62%
Flash USB Disk 4GB
4GB free, PID 3234
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
2.8% Terrible
Read 11.5
Write 3.65
Mixed 4.99
7% 6.72 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 0.007
4K Mixed 0.004
5% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 2%
This bench: 2.8%
Great: 16%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3066 MHz clocked @ 1533 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
113% Outstanding
MC Read 43.6
MC Write 40.7
MC Mixed 38.3
117% 40.9 GB/s
SC Read 27.5
SC Write 41.9
SC Mixed 34.2
99% 34.5 GB/s
Latency 74.1
54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 113%
Great: 106%

 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 3,074 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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