MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics105% 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 Drive112% 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.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180921
Uptime1.9 Days
Run DateFeb 20 '19 at 05:27
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$150
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
Memory 87.4
1-Core 123
2-Core 245
85% 152 Pts
4-Core 484
8-Core 781
78% 632 Pts
64-Core 1,008
62% 1,008 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2227 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Lighting 136
Reflection 150
Parallax 140
111% 142 fps
MRender 109
Gravity 137
Splatting 115
98% 120 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 105%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0B 500GB
368GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 382 392 392 391 391 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
112% Outstanding
Read 508
Write 472
Mixed 376
SusWrite 389
98% 436 MB/s
4K Read 38.7
4K Write 99.2
4K Mixed 50.1
175% 62.7 MB/s
DQ Read 311
DQ Write 292
DQ Mixed 269
211% 291 MB/s
Poor: 70%
This bench: 112%
Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$64
2TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 201 199 198 202 202 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 202
Write 145
Mixed 84.5
SusWrite 200
115% 158 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 115%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
101% Outstanding
MC Read 40.4
MC Write 36.8
MC Mixed 32.5
104% 36.6 GB/s
SC Read 24.9
SC Write 37.3
SC Mixed 27.4
85% 29.9 GB/s
Latency 70.1
57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 101%
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 7,308 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: $721
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