MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics101% 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 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.
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)
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171205
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 28 '20 at 21:03
Run Duration133 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$225
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
73.8% Very good
Memory 70.1
1-Core 107
2-Core 210
71% 129 Pts
4-Core 416
8-Core 713
68% 564 Pts
64-Core 1,133
70% 1,133 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 73.8%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0
Performing below potential (62nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 125
Reflection 117
Parallax 134
102% 126 fps
MRender 169
Gravity 108
Splatting 98.4
99% 125 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 101%
Great: 106%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
211GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 62 87 92 91 95 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
64.7% Good
Read 142
Write 144
Mixed 90
SusWrite 83.2
85% 115 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1
194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 64.7%
Great: 109%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 496GB
153GB free, PID 00d9
Operating at USB 3.2 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 170 68 259 291 295 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 9% Great: 89%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 990GB
867GB free, PID 00fe
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 30 30 30 30 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
24.2% Poor
Read 38.5
Write 31.2
Mixed 32.5
SusWrite 29.8
44% 33 MB/s
4K Read 8.5
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 4.2
287% 5.33 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 24.2%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73.7% Very good
MC Read 29
MC Write 25.8
MC Mixed 26
77% 26.9 GB/s
SC Read 19.7
SC Write 22.6
SC Mixed 21.1
60% 21.1 GB/s
Latency 101
40% 101 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 73.7%
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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