MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics90.3% 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 Drive71.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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)
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180921
Uptime4 Days
Run DateMar 11 '19 at 13:30
Run Duration171 Seconds
Run User BHR-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th 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 (95th percentile)
84.2% Excellent
Memory 86.6
1-Core 122
2-Core 239
84% 149 Pts
4-Core 440
8-Core 713
71% 577 Pts
64-Core 957
59% 957 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 84.2%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
Zotac(19DA 2435) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17
Performing below potential (25th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
90.3% Outstanding
Lighting 112
Reflection 117
Parallax 92.6
91% 107 fps
MRender 92.7
Gravity 124
Splatting 106
88% 107 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 90.3%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MZNTE128HMGR-00000 128GB
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT2200Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 82 87 85 76 84 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
71.9% Very good
Read 477
Write 130
Mixed 140
SusWrite 85.2
45% 208 MB/s
4K Read 36.3
4K Write 81.9
4K Mixed 26.9
133% 48.4 MB/s
DQ Read 259
DQ Write 108
DQ Mixed 58.6
76% 142 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 71.9%
Great: 79%
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$31
129GB free
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 213 206 208 208 205 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 512
Write 465
Mixed 216
SusWrite 217
79% 353 MB/s
4K Read 39.5
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 50.9
182% 65.8 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 325
DQ Mixed 219
200% 307 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 106%
Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
843GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 150 160 160 166 159 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
94.6% Outstanding
Read 170
Write 177
Mixed 106
SusWrite 159
112% 153 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.2
242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 94.6%
Great: 109%
Toshiba MK3259GSXP 320GB-$50
298GB free
Firmware: GT001H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 86 88 89 89 86 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
50.5% Above average
Read 88
Write 87
Mixed 20.3
SusWrite 87.8
51% 70.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 50.5%
Great: 48%
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 way above expectations (93rd percentile)
102% Outstanding
MC Read 39.9
MC Write 37.9
MC Mixed 33.2
106% 37 GB/s
SC Read 25.3
SC Write 35.2
SC Mixed 27.4
84% 29.3 GB/s
Latency 70.8
56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 102%
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 7,280 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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