MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.6% 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 Drive57% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180803
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 12 '18 at 03:33
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$125
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
84.7% Excellent
Memory 78.2
1-Core 126
2-Core 252
83% 152 Pts
4-Core 489
8-Core 779
78% 634 Pts
64-Core 1,011
63% 1,011 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 84.7%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
EVGA(3842 6573) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
84.6% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 119
Parallax 99.8
86% 108 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 97.6
Splatting 99.2
81% 99.4 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42
40GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z33130RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 60 67 54 48 51 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
57% Above average
Read 383
Write 147
Mixed 164
SusWrite 57.6
41% 188 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 64.1
4K Mixed 22.6
101% 37.3 MB/s
DQ Read 178
DQ Write 174
DQ Mixed 32.7
64% 128 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 57%
Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
173GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 163 168 168 167 167 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
77.3% Very good
Read 103
Write 98.5
Mixed 65
SusWrite 167
79% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 77.3%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (96th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
79.9% Very good
MC Read 30.4
MC Write 28.9
MC Mixed 26.7
82% 28.7 GB/s
SC Read 20.9
SC Write 28.9
SC Mixed 23.8
70% 24.5 GB/s
Latency 83.9
48% 83.9 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 79.9%
Great: 80%

 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 7,283 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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