MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics85.6% 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 Drive262% 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)
Memory13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190617
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 02 '19 at 02:53
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%
Watch Gameplay: Vega-56 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$189
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
91.9% Outstanding
Memory 90.8
1-Core 128
2-Core 255
88% 158 Pts
4-Core 500
8-Core 784
79% 642 Pts
64-Core 1016
63% 1016 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 91.9%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170
PowerColor(148C 2388) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.08
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
85.6% Excellent
Lighting 102
Reflection 89.6
Parallax 159
83% 117 fps
MRender 87.7
Gravity 108
Splatting 128
90% 108 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85.6%
Great: 85%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$40
200GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1340 461 400 403 403 404 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
262% Outstanding
Read 2,542
Write 2,265
Mixed 1,597
SusWrite 569
389% 1,743 MB/s
4K Read 59.9
4K Write 142
4K Mixed 84.5
274% 95.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,012
DQ Write 797
DQ Mixed 981
713% 930 MB/s
Poor: 152%
This bench: 262%
Great: 302%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38
2TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 195 199 199 198 198 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
108% Outstanding
MC Read 45.1
MC Write 37.1
MC Mixed 35.7
112% 39.3 GB/s
SC Read 27.8
SC Write 38.5
SC Mixed 30.6
92% 32.3 GB/s
Latency 66.1
60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 108%
Great: 111%

 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 7,317 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: 76% - Very good Total price: $695
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