MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 110%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 103%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics124% 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 Drive346% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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)
Memory29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190705
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 28 '19 at 22:18
Run Duration205 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X-$125
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
85.6% Excellent
Memory 80.6
1-Core 124
2-Core 241
82% 148 Pts
4-Core 487
8-Core 822
80% 655 Pts
64-Core 1013
63% 1013 Pts
Poor: 62%
This bench: 85.6%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$394
MSI(1462 3721) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60
Performing below potential (50th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
124% Outstanding
Lighting 169
Reflection 160
Parallax 154
138% 161 fps
MRender 181
Gravity 144
Splatting 106
113% 144 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 124%
Great: 134%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170
311GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2178 2166 2189 2201 2195 2205 MB/s
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
346% Outstanding
Read 2,538
Write 2,213
Mixed 1,439
SusWrite 2,189
470% 2,095 MB/s
4K Read 53.7
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 72.6
241% 84 MB/s
DQ Read 945
DQ Write 666
DQ Mixed 877
636% 829 MB/s
Poor: 195%
This bench: 346%
Great: 393%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
180GB free
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1144 471 312 311 310 309 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
184% Outstanding
Read 1,325
Write 1,144
Mixed 592
SusWrite 476
197% 884 MB/s
4K Read 41.5
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 51.4
192% 70.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,017
DQ Write 929
DQ Mixed 661
581% 869 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 184%
Great: 236%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41
920GB free
Firmware: DEMN
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 111 110 110 109 109 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
65.5% Good
Read 118
Write 110
Mixed 68.2
SusWrite 109
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 2.3
412% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 19%
This bench: 65.5%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz
Performing below potential (84th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
97.3% Outstanding
MC Read 38.2
MC Write 35.5
MC Mixed 33.3
102% 35.7 GB/s
SC Read 22.7
SC Write 34.2
SC Mixed 26
79% 27.6 GB/s
Latency 79.5
50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 97.3%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 64%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $732
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