MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics96.5% 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 Drive111% 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)
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190617
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJul 17 '19 at 05:45
Run Duration156 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (81st 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 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
95.9% Outstanding
Memory 81.9
1-Core 149
2-Core 298
95% 176 Pts
4-Core 589
8-Core 940
94% 765 Pts
64-Core 1,083
67% 1,083 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 95.9%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170
CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
96.5% Outstanding
Lighting 120
Reflection 89.7
Parallax 186
98% 132 fps
MRender 88.5
Gravity 122
Splatting 128
94% 113 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 96.5%
Great: 85%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80
32GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 127 128 118 121 123 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 507
Write 494
Mixed 372
SusWrite 161
86% 384 MB/s
4K Read 46.8
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 61.8
215% 77 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 273
DQ Mixed 274
220% 311 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 111%
Great: 115%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42
77GB free
Firmware: Z32080RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 86 77 86 86 78 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
70.3% Very good
Read 411
Write 332
Mixed 150
SusWrite 110
56% 251 MB/s
4K Read 23.2
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 23.3
123% 51.9 MB/s
DQ Read 195
DQ Write 291
DQ Mixed 32.8
84% 173 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 70.3%
Great: 78%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40
527GB free
Firmware: JP4OA39C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 106 104 108 104 108 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
54.6% Above average
Read 86
Write 102
Mixed 40.5
SusWrite 104
61% 83.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.8
132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 54.6%
Great: 74%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65
698GB free
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 102 103 102 103 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
58% Above average
Read 100
Write 100
Mixed 64
SusWrite 102
67% 91.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 1
160% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 58%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
90% Excellent
MC Read 34.1
MC Write 27
MC Mixed 35.2
92% 32.1 GB/s
SC Read 25.7
SC Write 26.7
SC Mixed 34.2
82% 28.9 GB/s
Latency 77.1
52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 90%
Great: 109%

 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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