MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics88.2% 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 Drive78.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180702
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 05 '18 at 11:34
Run Duration159 Seconds
Run User POL-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X-$131
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
74.2% Very good
Memory 74
1-Core 118
2-Core 230
78% 141 Pts
4-Core 401
8-Core 605
62% 503 Pts
64-Core 618
38% 618 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 74.2%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
88.2% Excellent
Lighting 112
Reflection 115
Parallax 107
91% 112 fps
MRender 98.4
Gravity 103
Splatting 100
82% 100 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.2%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial M550 128GB-$40
56GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 254 250 224 230 231 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
78.2% Very good
Read 439
Write 270
Mixed 298
SusWrite 250
70% 314 MB/s
4K Read 28.5
4K Write 91
4K Mixed 38
140% 52.5 MB/s
DQ Read 26.5
DQ Write 68.5
DQ Mixed 34.3
30% 43.1 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 104%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141
166GB free
Firmware: MU01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 358 356 357 355 357 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
95.6% Outstanding
Read 488
Write 356
Mixed 329
SusWrite 356
86% 382 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 82.5
4K Mixed 37.9
134% 49.2 MB/s
DQ Read 266
DQ Write 321
DQ Mixed 111
134% 233 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 95.6%
Great: 103%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20
171GB free
Firmware: 01.03A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 61 63 64 65 66 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
36.6% Below average
Read 63.6
Write 7.3
Mixed 47.4
SusWrite 63.6
34% 45.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 36.6%
Great: 55%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50
168GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 103 104 98 100 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
58.5% Above average
Read 102
Write 104
Mixed 62
SusWrite 102
68% 92.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.7
155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 58.5%
Great: 77%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
102% Outstanding
MC Read 41.8
MC Write 39.6
MC Mixed 33.6
110% 38.3 GB/s
SC Read 21.5
SC Write 30.4
SC Mixed 27.6
76% 26.5 GB/s
Latency 92.6
43% 92.6 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 102%
Great: 102%

 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 7,284 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: 73% - Very good Total price: $703
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