MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics75.6% 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 Drive193% 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.
High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190705
Uptime1.2 Days
Run DateJul 21 '19 at 05:02
Run Duration171 Seconds
Run User ARG-User
Background CPU 28%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
91.7% Outstanding
Memory 80.1
1-Core 146
2-Core 294
93% 173 Pts
4-Core 554
8-Core 945
91% 749 Pts
64-Core 1,369
85% 1,369 Pts
Poor: 76%
This bench: 91.7%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
75.6% Very good
Lighting 93.3
Reflection 96.7
Parallax 87.5
76% 92.5 fps
MRender 89.7
Gravity 91.7
Splatting 92.1
75% 91.2 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 75.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
335GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1574 1008 591 571 551 563 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
193% Outstanding
Read 1,826
Write 1,569
Mixed 770
SusWrite 809
277% 1,244 MB/s
4K Read 40.5
4K Write 143
4K Mixed 59.3
213% 80.8 MB/s
DQ Read 49.7
DQ Write 169
DQ Mixed 66.8
63% 95 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 193%
Great: 254%
Crucial BX500 960GB-$54
814GB free
Firmware: M6CR022
SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 438 449 452 438 435 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
90% Outstanding
Read 506
Write 448
Mixed 411
SusWrite 439
102% 451 MB/s
4K Read 25.9
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 27.8
132% 53.6 MB/s
DQ Read 29.5
DQ Write 132
DQ Mixed 29.5
38% 63.8 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 90%
Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79
2TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 168 174 175 169 167 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
72.6% Very good
Read 85
Write 130
Mixed 68.3
SusWrite 168
83% 113 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
72% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 72.6%
Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79
2TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 137 133 125 127 122 MB/s
Performing as expected (40th percentile)
63.9% Good
Read 96.5
Write 125
Mixed 70.2
SusWrite 126
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
72% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 63.9%
Great: 90%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70
675GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 100 102 101 98 96 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
58.3% Above average
Read 104
Write 88.5
Mixed 61.5
SusWrite 98.8
65% 88.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 58.3%
Great: 67%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C18 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
58.8% Above average
MC Read 21.8
MC Write 18.9
MC Mixed 19.6
57% 20.1 GB/s
SC Read 20
SC Write 20.2
SC Mixed 21.6
59% 20.6 GB/s
Latency 80.3
50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 58.8%
Great: 62%

 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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