MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics88.5% 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 Drive126% 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.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A34
MotherboardMSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)  (all builds)
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170410
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 25 '17 at 14:00
Run Duration169 Seconds
Run User THA-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
80.4% Excellent
Memory 70.9
1-Core 122
2-Core 243
79% 145 Pts
4-Core 482
8-Core 920
83% 701 Pts
64-Core 1,350
84% 1,350 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 80.4%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.5% Excellent
Lighting 113
Reflection 117
Parallax 110
92% 113 fps
MRender 96.8
Gravity 102
Splatting 101
82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$110
115GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
126% Outstanding
Read 1,358
Write 466
Mixed 623
178% 816 MB/s
4K Read 39.9
4K Write 67.5
4K Mixed 30.5
135% 46 MB/s
DQ Read 40.8
DQ Write 67.3
DQ Mixed 101
63% 69.7 MB/s
Poor: 125%
This bench: 126%
Great: 215%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100
70GB free
Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
77.9% Very good
Read 514
Write 187
Mixed 304
73% 335 MB/s
4K Read 34.5
4K Write 94.7
4K Mixed 21.9
130% 50.3 MB/s
DQ Read 165
DQ Write 188
DQ Mixed 47.4
72% 134 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 77.9%
Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31
745GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
67% Good
Read 93.7
Write 139
Mixed 116
88% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.83
4K Write 2.26
4K Mixed 0.25
104% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 67%
Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64
634GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
41.7% Average
Read 73.9
Write 71.8
Mixed 71.3
54% 72.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 0.28
4K Mixed 0.24
52% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 41.7%
Great: 57%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR4-3200 CL16 8GB 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
72.6% Very good
MC Read 27.2
MC Write 25.6
MC Mixed 24.6
74% 25.8 GB/s
SC Read 20.4
SC Write 28.8
SC Mixed 23
69% 24.1 GB/s
Latency 99.3
40% 99.3 ns
Poor: 73%
This bench: 72.6%
Great: 112%

 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 3,078 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: 86% - Excellent Total price: $453
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