MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics90% 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 Drive140% 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)
Memory9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200702
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 11 '20 at 22:44
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X-$210
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
86.5% Excellent
Memory 71
1-Core 153
2-Core 296
92% 173 Pts
4-Core 546
8-Core 880
88% 713 Pts
64-Core 1046
65% 1046 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300
Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.7.2
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
90% Outstanding
Lighting 112
Reflection 93.2
Parallax 176
91% 127 fps
MRender 86.7
Gravity 101
Splatting 127
88% 105 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 90%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135
69GB free (System drive)
Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 183 191 195 189 170 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
140% Outstanding
Read 1,017
Write 671
Mixed 533
SusWrite 195
134% 604 MB/s
4K Read 41.8
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 55.4
198% 72.7 MB/s
DQ Read 657
DQ Write 522
DQ Mixed 383
343% 521 MB/s
Poor: 86%
This bench: 140%
Great: 144%
Sandisk S3512G 512GB
60GB free
Firmware: X6107000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 343 226 221 207 173 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
93.3% Outstanding
Read 380
Write 422
Mixed 232
SusWrite 267
73% 325 MB/s
4K Read 33
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 35.7
152% 58.4 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 338
DQ Mixed 192
189% 302 MB/s
Poor: 70%
This bench: 93.3%
Great: 119%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
297GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 108 108 108 108 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
85.8% Excellent
Read 191
Write 161
Mixed 108
SusWrite 108
105% 142 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1.2
241% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 85.8%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
67.1% Good
MC Read 28.3
MC Write 18
MC Mixed 26.6
69% 24.3 GB/s
SC Read 17.3
SC Write 17.2
SC Mixed 24.1
56% 19.5 GB/s
Latency 99
40% 99 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 67.1%
Great: 110%

 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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