MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 18%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 17%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics14.2% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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)
Memory6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180502
Uptime6.1 Days
Run DateMay 31 '18 at 22:23
Run Duration86 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing way above expectations (90th 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 (97th percentile)
79.1% Very good
Memory 80.5
1-Core 112
2-Core 223
78% 139 Pts
4-Core 419
8-Core 683
67% 551 Pts
64-Core 870
54% 870 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 79.1%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 7770
Asus(1043 045D) 1GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 18.2.1
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
14.2% Very poor
Lighting 17.9
Reflection 16.4
Parallax 22.3
15% 18.8 fps
MRender 13.5
Gravity 16.1
Splatting 18.5
13% 16 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 14.2%
Great: 14%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24
301GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
59.6% Above average
Read 99.9
Write 108
Mixed 88.9
74% 99 MB/s
4K Read 0.38
4K Write 1.55
4K Mixed 0.28
76% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 59.6%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz
Performing below potential (98th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
106% Outstanding
MC Read 42.4
MC Write 39.5
MC Mixed 34.2
111% 38.7 GB/s
SC Read 24.3
SC Write 39.7
SC Mixed 28.7
88% 30.9 GB/s
Latency 79.7
50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 106%
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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