MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics98.1% 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 Drive109% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181106
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJan 12 '19 at 20:30
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU 14%

 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$155
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
72.6% Very good
Memory 81.7
1-Core 107
2-Core 201
74% 130 Pts
4-Core 342
8-Core 618
58% 480 Pts
64-Core 825
51% 825 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 72.6%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
MSI(1462 C307) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
98.1% Outstanding
Lighting 127
Reflection 136
Parallax 115
103% 126 fps
MRender 96.3
Gravity 123
Splatting 104
88% 108 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 98.1%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52
158GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 291 293 305 321 297 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 480
Write 461
Mixed 387
SusWrite 301
92% 407 MB/s
4K Read 39.5
4K Write 89.8
4K Mixed 53
175% 60.8 MB/s
DQ Read 387
DQ Write 361
DQ Mixed 363
275% 370 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 109%
Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
2TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 105 105 104 102 116 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
60.6% Good
Read 108
Write 77
Mixed 72.5
SusWrite 103
67% 90.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1
177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 60.6%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
91.5% Outstanding
MC Read 38.3
MC Write 30.1
MC Mixed 32.1
96% 33.5 GB/s
SC Read 20.5
SC Write 30.4
SC Mixed 25.6
73% 25.5 GB/s
Latency 77.5
52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 91.5%
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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