MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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 Drive110% 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)
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181219
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 15 '19 at 01:53
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (65th 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 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
79.5% Very good
Memory 78
1-Core 121
2-Core 238
80% 146 Pts
4-Core 436
8-Core 717
70% 576 Pts
64-Core 971
60% 971 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 79.5%
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 (52nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 121
Parallax 124
106% 125 fps
MRender 169
Gravity 122
Splatting 99.6
103% 130 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
249GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 321 319 320 320 318 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 506
Write 322
Mixed 326
SusWrite 329
83% 371 MB/s
4K Read 31.6
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 49.7
169% 63.5 MB/s
DQ Read 388
DQ Write 365
DQ Mixed 292
242% 348 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 110%
Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31
756GB free
Firmware: CC4C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 190 192 189 193 194 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
112% Outstanding
Read 200
Write 143
Mixed 86.5
SusWrite 192
114% 155 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 1
182% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 112%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (37th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
78.6% Very good
MC Read 30.1
MC Write 28.1
MC Mixed 26.5
81% 28.2 GB/s
SC Read 20.9
SC Write 28.5
SC Mixed 22.9
69% 24.1 GB/s
Latency 84.4
47% 84.4 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 78.6%
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 7,290 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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