MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 103%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 102%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics117% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive244% 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.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180702
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 07 '18 at 09:19
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
85.1% Excellent
Memory 82.3
1-Core 125
2-Core 240
83% 149 Pts
4-Core 472
8-Core 848
79% 660 Pts
64-Core 1,258
78% 1,258 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 85.1%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.16
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
117% Outstanding
Lighting 159
Reflection 189
Parallax 168
129% 172 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 161
Splatting 116
107% 132 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 117%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100
199GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1094 302 303 309 299 263 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
244% Outstanding
Read 2,279
Write 1451
Mixed 1,009
SusWrite 428
286% 1,292 MB/s
4K Read 58.6
4K Write 152
4K Mixed 77.8
269% 96.2 MB/s
DQ Read 976
DQ Write 956
DQ Mixed 980
732% 971 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 244%
Great: 280%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
2TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 196 193 194 196 195 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 188
Write 186
Mixed 85
SusWrite 194
119% 163 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 110%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
94% Outstanding
MC Read 38.7
MC Write 31.4
MC Mixed 31.8
97% 34 GB/s
SC Read 24.3
SC Write 33.3
SC Mixed 27.8
81% 28.5 GB/s
Latency 76.5
52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 94%
Great: 110%

 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 7,289 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 70%
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
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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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