MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 122%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 118%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics154% 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 Drive31.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181219
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 11 '19 at 00:02
Run Duration120 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing as expected (50th 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 above expectations (76th percentile)
80.8% Excellent
Memory 70.7
1-Core 113
2-Core 240
76% 141 Pts
4-Core 487
8-Core 861
81% 674 Pts
64-Core 992
61% 992 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 80.8%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71
Performing below potential (41st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
154% Outstanding
Lighting 209
Reflection 235
Parallax 238
170% 227 fps
MRender 254
Gravity 214
Splatting 143
160% 204 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 154%
Great: 174%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF3600RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 64 88 98 119 109 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
31.8% Below average
Read 431
Write 370
Mixed 324
SusWrite 83.9
67% 302 MB/s
4K Read 20.6
4K Write 6.5
4K Mixed 0.7
36% 9.27 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 31.8%
Great: 56%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX4OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 171 177 173 181 181 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 187
Write 153
Mixed 30
SusWrite 177
99% 137 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.5
144% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 104%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73.5% Very good
MC Read 29.6
MC Write 26.9
MC Mixed 26.3
79% 27.6 GB/s
SC Read 11.5
SC Write 19.7
SC Mixed 21.3
50% 17.5 GB/s
Latency 99.9
40% 99.9 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 73.5%
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 7,283 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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