MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics79.4% 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 Drive105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180702
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 03 '18 at 22:59
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User CZE-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$150
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
89.9% Excellent
Memory 87.6
1-Core 126
2-Core 232
84% 149 Pts
4-Core 504
8-Core 674
75% 589 Pts
64-Core 1,006
62% 1,006 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 89.9%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing below potential (50th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
79.4% Very good
Lighting 98.5
Reflection 107
Parallax 90.3
80% 98.6 fps
MRender 96
Gravity 92.1
Splatting 96.2
78% 94.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 79.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$75
416GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 468 478 488 310 291 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 503
Write 487
Mixed 450
SusWrite 408
104% 462 MB/s
4K Read 37.2
4K Write 83.6
4K Mixed 47.3
161% 56 MB/s
DQ Read 83
DQ Write 359
DQ Mixed 196
158% 213 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 105%
Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
766GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 192 191 195 193 194 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 187
Write 188
Mixed 81.5
SusWrite 193
118% 162 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 109%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3466 C19 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3466 MHz clocked @ 1733 MHz
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
109% Outstanding
MC Read 46.8
MC Write 37.8
MC Mixed 34.8
114% 39.8 GB/s
SC Read 26.1
SC Write 43.6
SC Mixed 27.7
93% 32.5 GB/s
Latency 69.9
57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 70%
This bench: 109%
Great: 114%

 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 7,307 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: 74% - Very good Total price: $716
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