MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics3.19% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive71.8% 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)
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180702
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 29 '18 at 05:38
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (42nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
78.7% Very good
Memory 81.8
1-Core 124
2-Core 248
83% 151 Pts
4-Core 406
8-Core 731
68% 568 Pts
64-Core 976
60% 976 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 78.7%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730
PNY(196E 1117) 2GB
CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 267 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
3.19% Terrible
Lighting 4
Reflection 4.77
Parallax 1.12
3% 3.3 fps
MRender 4.33
Gravity 4.1
Splatting 3.09
3% 3.84 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.19%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$31
63GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61130WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 192 197 195 191 185 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
71.8% Very good
Read 501
Write 354
Mixed 243
SusWrite 195
72% 323 MB/s
4K Read 32.2
4K Write 58.5
4K Mixed 28
116% 39.6 MB/s
DQ Read 158
DQ Write 59.8
DQ Mixed 83.4
68% 100 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 71.8%
Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
3.5TB free
Firmware: CC4B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 130 130 137 141 139 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
43.9% Average
Read 15.7
Write 47.5
Mixed 19
SusWrite 135
39% 54.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 6.4
4K Mixed 0.1
150% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 43.9%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz
Performing below potential (94th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
103% Outstanding
MC Read 40.4
MC Write 38
MC Mixed 33.7
107% 37.4 GB/s
SC Read 25.4
SC Write 37.8
SC Mixed 29.1
88% 30.8 GB/s
Latency 77.3
52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 103%
Great: 104%

 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 7,292 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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