MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics85.1% 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 Drive229% 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)
Memory12.3 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 12:48
Run Duration231 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU4%
Watch Gameplay: Vega-56 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$84
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
93.7% Outstanding
Memory 82.4
1-Core 145
2-Core 288
93% 172 Pts
4-Core 563
8-Core 907
90% 735 Pts
64-Core 1,046
65% 1,046 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 93.7%
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 (96th percentile)
85.1% Excellent
Lighting 101
Reflection 88.8
Parallax 146
82% 112 fps
MRender 88.2
Gravity 108
Splatting 127
90% 108 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85.1%
Great: 85%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB
324GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1239 601 604 606 608 599 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
229% Outstanding
Read 1582
Write 1,998
Mixed 1578
SusWrite 710
330% 1,467 MB/s
4K Read 45.8
4K Write 156
4K Mixed 66.5
237% 89.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1,316
DQ Write 915
DQ Mixed 1,106
828% 1,112 MB/s
Poor: 125%
This bench: 229%
Great: 262%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
462GB free
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 496 496 498 407 291 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
131% Outstanding
Read 520
Write 496
Mixed 468
SusWrite 446
109% 482 MB/s
4K Read 45.2
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 62.8
214% 77.2 MB/s
DQ Read 388
DQ Write 361
DQ Mixed 370
279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 131%
Great: 129%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109
9GB free
Firmware: 5.02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 88 90 85 86 84 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
58.1% Above average
Read 154
Write 122
Mixed 135
SusWrite 86.1
28% 124 MB/s
4K Read 26.8
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 31.3
136% 54.5 MB/s
DQ Read 128
DQ Write 116
DQ Mixed 110
86% 118 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 58.1%
Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
484GB free
Firmware: CC49
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 150 147 149 145 152 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
85.4% Excellent
Read 152
Write 108
Mixed 79.3
SusWrite 146
89% 121 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 85.4%
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 (64th percentile)
91.1% Outstanding
MC Read 35.1
MC Write 27
MC Mixed 35.2
93% 32.4 GB/s
SC Read 26.1
SC Write 26.7
SC Mixed 35.7
84% 29.5 GB/s
Latency 76.2
52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 91.1%
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 7,284 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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