MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics92.3% 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 Drive107% 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 @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190306
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 25 '19 at 00:04
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$125
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
66.1% Good
Memory 82
1-Core 115
2-Core 224
79% 140 Pts
4-Core 270
8-Core 640
52% 455 Pts
64-Core 837
52% 837 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 66.1%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1662 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
92.3% Outstanding
Lighting 108
Reflection 90.3
Parallax 191
88% 130 fps
MRender 91.3
Gravity 143
Splatting 131
101% 122 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 92.3%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB
214GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 447 446 443 376 384 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Read 484
Write 442
Mixed 424
SusWrite 421
100% 442 MB/s
4K Read 32.9
4K Write 89.4
4K Mixed 48.4
159% 56.9 MB/s
DQ Read 266
DQ Write 288
DQ Mixed 258
199% 271 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 107%
Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 200 190 206 207 208 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 149
Write 166
Mixed 78.2
SusWrite 202
108% 149 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 101%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
103% Outstanding
MC Read 43.2
MC Write 38.4
MC Mixed 34.2
110% 38.6 GB/s
SC Read 20.2
SC Write 29.4
SC Mixed 25
71% 24.9 GB/s
Latency 76.8
52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 103%
Great: 110%

 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 7,283 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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