MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics104% 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 Drive102% 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.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181219
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 07 '19 at 15:41
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (79th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
88.1% Excellent
Memory 90.8
1-Core 122
2-Core 244
86% 152 Pts
4-Core 460
8-Core 723
73% 591 Pts
64-Core 976
60% 976 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 88.1%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
Asus(1043 866D) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35
Performing below potential (60th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 130
Reflection 123
Parallax 127
106% 127 fps
MRender 172
Gravity 123
Splatting 98.8
104% 131 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
365GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 306 306 305 305 306 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 499
Write 306
Mixed 291
SusWrite 305
78% 350 MB/s
4K Read 32.4
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 39.8
160% 61.9 MB/s
DQ Read 375
DQ Write 306
DQ Mixed 247
210% 309 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 102%
Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33
756GB free
Firmware: CC4C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 190 194 190 193 193 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Read 203
Write 144
Mixed 85
SusWrite 192
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 1
178% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 113%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
109% Outstanding
MC Read 44.3
MC Write 39.7
MC Mixed 34.5
113% 39.5 GB/s
SC Read 26.6
SC Write 41.4
SC Mixed 28.5
92% 32.2 GB/s
Latency 66.1
61% 66.1 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 109%
Great: 107%

 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 7,289 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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