MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 47%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 48%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics59.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171205
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 20 '18 at 00:49
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing as expected (56th 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 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
74.6% Very good
Memory 68.7
1-Core 108
2-Core 214
72% 130 Pts
4-Core 431
8-Core 842
75% 637 Pts
64-Core 1,180
73% 1,180 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 74.6%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.31
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
59.9% Above average
Lighting 75.7
Reflection 74.9
Parallax 72.8
62% 74.5 fps
MRender 70.3
Gravity 68.6
Splatting 67.9
56% 68.9 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 59.9%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
260GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
83% Excellent
Read 137
Write 152
Mixed 143
109% 144 MB/s
4K Read 0.76
4K Write 1.99
4K Mixed 0.27
98% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 83%
Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8
28GB free, PID 5581
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
13.3% Very poor
Read 36.5
Write 18.7
Mixed 23.4
31% 26.2 MB/s
4K Read 6.03
4K Write 0.81
4K Mixed 0.53
68% 2.46 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 13.3%
Great: 38%
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 (47th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
78.9% Very good
MC Read 30.4
MC Write 29.6
MC Mixed 26.6
82% 28.9 GB/s
SC Read 19
SC Write 28.2
SC Mixed 21.9
66% 23 GB/s
Latency 104
38% 104 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 78.9%
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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HDDRAMUSB
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