MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics85.9% 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 Drive224% 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)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190617
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 12 '19 at 11:23
Run Duration225 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU7%
Watch Gameplay: Vega-56 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
93.9% Outstanding
Memory 82.9
1-Core 146
2-Core 284
93% 171 Pts
4-Core 563
8-Core 888
89% 726 Pts
64-Core 1,048
65% 1,048 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 93.9%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170
CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.1
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
85.9% Excellent
Lighting 102
Reflection 90
Parallax 148
83% 113 fps
MRender 88.3
Gravity 109
Splatting 127
91% 108 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85.9%
Great: 85%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB
343GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1202 598 599 603 604 604 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
224% Outstanding
Read 1,506
Write 1,997
Mixed 1,562
SusWrite 702
325% 1,442 MB/s
4K Read 45.7
4K Write 150
4K Mixed 65.9
233% 87.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,316
DQ Write 881
DQ Mixed 1,094
818% 1,097 MB/s
Poor: 125%
This bench: 224%
Great: 262%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
462GB free
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 497 497 498 407 291 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
117% Outstanding
Read 506
Write 497
Mixed 444
SusWrite 446
107% 474 MB/s
4K Read 29.2
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 47.2
170% 66.7 MB/s
DQ Read 388
DQ Write 362
DQ Mixed 370
279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 117%
Great: 129%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109
9GB free
Firmware: 5.02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 72 73 70 67 64 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
59.5% Above average
Read 188
Write 114
Mixed 120
SusWrite 70.6
27% 123 MB/s
4K Read 28.2
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 33.6
139% 54.1 MB/s
DQ Read 138
DQ Write 103
DQ Mixed 108
84% 116 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 59.5%
Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
484GB free
Firmware: CC49
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 149 147 150 147 150 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
84.1% Excellent
Read 147
Write 97.8
Mixed 80.5
SusWrite 146
87% 118 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 84.1%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
89.7% Excellent
MC Read 34
MC Write 27.1
MC Mixed 34.8
91% 32 GB/s
SC Read 25.7
SC Write 26.7
SC Mixed 33.9
82% 28.8 GB/s
Latency 75.3
53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 89.7%
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 7,290 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: 72% - Very good Total price: $732
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