MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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 Drive90.1% 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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190306
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 10 '19 at 02:46
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User CZE-User
Background CPU9%
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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 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
73.7% Very good
Memory 78.8
1-Core 118
2-Core 202
76% 133 Pts
4-Core 368
8-Core 715
64% 542 Pts
64-Core 987
61% 987 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 73.7%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 130
Reflection 140
Parallax 121
106% 130 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 129
Splatting 105
93% 114 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 960GB
417GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 228 203 254 254 163 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
90.1% Outstanding
Read 431
Write 335
Mixed 322
SusWrite 227
74% 329 MB/s
4K Read 35.1
4K Write 85.1
4K Mixed 37.3
146% 52.5 MB/s
DQ Read 300
DQ Write 351
DQ Mixed 58.4
118% 236 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 90.1%
Great: 102%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 499GB
465GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 124 124 124 125 125 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
73.4% Very good
Read 132
Write 125
Mixed 63.7
SusWrite 124
81% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 25%
This bench: 73.4%
Great: 96%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
88.1% Excellent
MC Read 34.1
MC Write 32.6
MC Mixed 29.3
91% 32 GB/s
SC Read 22
SC Write 31.5
SC Mixed 24.7
74% 26.1 GB/s
Latency 82.8
48% 82.8 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 88.1%
Great: 111%

 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 7,281 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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