MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 20%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics12.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive246% 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-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180702
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 20 '18 at 01:40
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G-$104
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.75 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
75.3% Very good
Memory 79.3
1-Core 116
2-Core 231
79% 142 Pts
4-Core 406
8-Core 446
56% 426 Pts
64-Core 435
27% 435 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 75.3%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU)
MSI(1462 7C02) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 18.9.1
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
12.6% Very poor
Lighting 15
Reflection 15.7
Parallax 19.6
12% 16.8 fps
MRender 14.4
Gravity 14.3
Splatting 19
13% 15.9 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 12.6%
Great: 11%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92
118GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 497 327 331 328 328 310 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
246% Outstanding
Read 2,502
Write 1,468
Mixed 997
SusWrite 354
293% 1,330 MB/s
4K Read 57.9
4K Write 145
4K Mixed 76.3
262% 93 MB/s
DQ Read 970
DQ Write 956
DQ Mixed 987
735% 971 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 246%
Great: 280%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
417GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 144 142 137 141 141 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
96.1% Outstanding
Read 194
Write 178
Mixed 110
SusWrite 141
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.2
245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 96.1%
Great: 109%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100V 1TB
905GB free
Firmware: AX001Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 108 110 110 109 109 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
62.3% Good
Read 108
Write 101
Mixed 41.5
SusWrite 109
65% 89.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.4
82% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 62.3%
Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
91.5% Outstanding
MC Read 34.2
MC Write 36
MC Mixed 31.3
97% 33.8 GB/s
SC Read 21.1
SC Write 28.1
SC Mixed 24.1
70% 24.4 GB/s
Latency 81.9
49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 91.5%
Great: 101%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,290 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $732
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