MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics101% 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 Drive299% 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.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190306
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMay 16 '19 at 23:45
Run Duration109 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing way above expectations (91st 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 4.15 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
92.4% Outstanding
Memory 89.6
1-Core 128
2-Core 256
88% 158 Pts
4-Core 512
8-Core 830
82% 671 Pts
64-Core 1,045
65% 1,045 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 92.4%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1712 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Lighting 127
Reflection 89.9
Parallax 184
103% 134 fps
MRender 89.3
Gravity 139
Splatting 128
99% 119 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 101%
Great: 94%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$92
567GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1373 1013 878 887 894 889 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
299% Outstanding
Read 2,621
Write 1,769
Mixed 1,541
SusWrite 989
385% 1,730 MB/s
4K Read 63.4
4K Write 154
4K Mixed 86
288% 101 MB/s
DQ Read 1,083
DQ Write 909
DQ Mixed 518
518% 836 MB/s
Poor: 175%
This bench: 299%
Great: 372%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
108% Outstanding
MC Read 42.7
MC Write 39.7
MC Mixed 35.5
112% 39.3 GB/s
SC Read 26.7
SC Write 39.8
SC Mixed 30.5
92% 32.3 GB/s
Latency 67.8
59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 108%
Great: 90%

 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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