MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics98.5% 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 Drive45.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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)
Memory8.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180921
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateJun 10 '19 at 19:50
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (71st 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 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
83.9% Excellent
Memory 83.1
1-Core 120
2-Core 234
81% 146 Pts
4-Core 456
8-Core 708
72% 582 Pts
64-Core 937
58% 937 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 83.9%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
98.5% Outstanding
Lighting 127
Reflection 119
Parallax 124
103% 123 fps
MRender 141
Gravity 106
Splatting 89.3
89% 112 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 98.5%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32
58GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKB1D1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 37 61 127 14 68 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
45.6% Average
Read 324
Write 106
Mixed 138
SusWrite 71
35% 160 MB/s
4K Read 22.4
4K Write 46.2
4K Mixed 20.6
85% 29.7 MB/s
DQ Read 54.4
DQ Write 59.6
DQ Mixed 49.9
40% 54.6 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 45.6%
Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
574GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 158 156 159 159 158 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
93.7% Outstanding
Read 168
Write 169
Mixed 86.8
SusWrite 158
107% 146 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.2
240% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 93.7%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 3x4GB
3 of 4 slots used
12GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
78.8% Very good
MC Read 30.3
MC Write 27.6
MC Mixed 24.6
79% 27.5 GB/s
SC Read 23.7
SC Write 29.8
SC Mixed 27.1
77% 26.9 GB/s
Latency 75
53% 75 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 78.8%
Great: 94%

 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 7,282 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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