MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics80.8% 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 Drive164% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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)
Memory29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190306
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 18 '19 at 23:25
Run Duration180 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$189
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Memory 82.2
1-Core 128
2-Core 251
85% 154 Pts
4-Core 492
8-Core 765
78% 629 Pts
64-Core 1,002
62% 1,002 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
PNY(196E 11A0) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67
Performing below potential (66th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80.8% Excellent
Lighting 99.6
Reflection 112
Parallax 94.2
81% 102 fps
MRender 97.6
Gravity 97.1
Splatting 98.6
80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80.8%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
63GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 560 559 566 565 567 567 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
164% Outstanding
Read 1,011
Write 568
Mixed 454
SusWrite 564
144% 649 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 130
4K Mixed 42.3
176% 69.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,034
DQ Write 584
DQ Mixed 599
502% 739 MB/s
Poor: 94%
This bench: 164%
Great: 172%
Micron_1100_MTFDDAK2T0TBN 2TB
988GB free
Firmware: M0MU031
SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 428 344 277 275 251 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
61.3% Good
Read 404
Write 480
Mixed 166
SusWrite 342
78% 348 MB/s
4K Read 5.8
4K Write 27.2
4K Mixed 31.8
64% 21.6 MB/s
DQ Read 80.8
DQ Write 21.1
DQ Mixed 32.1
28% 44.7 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 61.3%
Great: 101%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB
2.5TB free, PID 25ee
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 135 136 137 136 135 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
56.2% Above average
Read 130
Write 133
Mixed 99.4
SusWrite 136
169% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
122% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 56.2%
Great: 100%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 128GB
114GB free, PID a838
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 24 78 88 88 87 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
31.4% Below average
Read 83.5
Write 91.4
Mixed 8.6
SusWrite 75.6
84% 64.8 MB/s
4K Read 3.9
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 1
69% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 9%
This bench: 31.4%
Great: 37%
WD My Book 1140 3TB
884GB free, PID 1140
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 124 126 121 126 123 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
41.7% Average
Read 65.7
Write 69.3
Mixed 60.1
SusWrite 124
113% 79.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
81% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 41.7%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
99.3% Outstanding
MC Read 39.2
MC Write 36.4
MC Mixed 34
104% 36.5 GB/s
SC Read 24.4
SC Write 30.4
SC Mixed 27.5
78% 27.4 GB/s
Latency 76.5
52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 99.3%
Great: 109%

 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 7,318 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: 76% - Very good Total price: $695
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