MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 102%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 101%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics123% 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 Drive122% 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.
Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181106
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 02 '19 at 16:18
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 39%

 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$211
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
79.9% Very good
Memory 79.6
1-Core 115
2-Core 228
78% 141 Pts
4-Core 430
8-Core 795
73% 613 Pts
64-Core 1,192
74% 1,192 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 79.9%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71
Performing below potential (47th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
123% Outstanding
Lighting 169
Reflection 185
Parallax 168
138% 174 fps
MRender 119
Gravity 170
Splatting 119
110% 136 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 123%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66
497GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 462 461 468 469 469 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
122% Outstanding
Read 510
Write 470
Mixed 426
SusWrite 465
105% 468 MB/s
4K Read 40.1
4K Write 99.7
4K Mixed 53.3
182% 64.4 MB/s
DQ Read 388
DQ Write 358
DQ Mixed 310
250% 352 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 122%
Great: 125%
T-force 1TB 1TB
514GB free
Firmware: Q0526A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 473 444 441 442 441 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
124% Outstanding
Read 512
Write 467
Mixed 415
SusWrite 452
104% 462 MB/s
4K Read 40
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 56.5
189% 67.7 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 361
DQ Mixed 125
161% 288 MB/s
Poor: 85%
This bench: 124%
Great: 129%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB
1.5TB free, PID 0827
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 102 101 103 104 104 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
43.2% Average
Read 100
Write 101
Mixed 56
SusWrite 103
121% 90.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 43.2%
Great: 43%
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 (91st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
101% Outstanding
MC Read 41
MC Write 36.3
MC Mixed 32.4
104% 36.6 GB/s
SC Read 24.3
SC Write 39.2
SC Mixed 28.7
88% 30.7 GB/s
Latency 81.3
49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 54%
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 7,297 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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HDDRAMUSB
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