MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics90.7% 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 Drive195% 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)
Memory14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180316
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 17 '18 at 09:20
Run Duration113 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU9%
Watch Gameplay: Vega-56 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing way above expectations (85th 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 3.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
82% Excellent
Memory 80.7
1-Core 114
2-Core 228
78% 141 Pts
4-Core 448
8-Core 748
73% 598 Pts
64-Core 939
58% 939 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 82%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170
CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 845 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.5.2
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
90.7% Outstanding
Lighting 112
Reflection 90.2
Parallax 155
91% 119 fps
MRender 86
Gravity 111
Splatting 125
90% 107 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 90.7%
Great: 85%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
79GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
195% Outstanding
Read 2,092
Write 1,200
Mixed 1,165
327% 1,486 MB/s
4K Read 44
4K Write 60.9
4K Mixed 19.3
124% 41.4 MB/s
DQ Read 41.3
DQ Write 63
DQ Mixed 18.2
23% 40.8 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 195%
Great: 236%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170
552GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
57.9% Above average
Read 102
Write 100
Mixed 91.4
73% 97.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 1.41
4K Mixed 0.18
66% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 57.9%
Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB 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
107% Outstanding
MC Read 42.2
MC Write 40.2
MC Mixed 34.6
112% 39 GB/s
SC Read 25.9
SC Write 39.2
SC Mixed 29.9
90% 31.7 GB/s
Latency 79.2
50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 107%
Great: 100%

 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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