MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics91.3% 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 Drive159% 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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190306
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateAug 11 '19 at 04:32
Run Duration212 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
93.4% Outstanding
Memory 90.6
1-Core 130
2-Core 259
89% 160 Pts
4-Core 516
8-Core 931
87% 724 Pts
64-Core 1,416
88% 1,416 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 93.4%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60
Performing below potential (63rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
91.3% Outstanding
Lighting 116
Reflection 115
Parallax 109
95% 113 fps
MRender 137
Gravity 100
Splatting 82.3
84% 106 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 91.3%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB
700GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 831 858 694 714 707 743 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
159% Outstanding
Read 679
Write 2,122
Mixed 568
SusWrite 758
235% 1,032 MB/s
4K Read 31.2
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 41.3
153% 57.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,003
DQ Write 730
DQ Mixed 873
650% 869 MB/s
Poor: 145%
This bench: 159%
Great: 310%
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB
308GB free
Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1300 1051 1054 1054 1048 1055 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
219% Outstanding
Read 1,110
Write 1,250
Mixed 1,182
SusWrite 1,094
262% 1,159 MB/s
4K Read 41.6
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 58.7
199% 71.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,082
DQ Write 979
DQ Mixed 1,014
765% 1,025 MB/s
Poor: 150%
This bench: 219%
Great: 298%
AMD T00 StoreMI 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 216 216 218 220 218 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 27% Great: 105%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3200 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
107% Outstanding
MC Read 43.7
MC Write 38.9
MC Mixed 32.9
110% 38.5 GB/s
SC Read 26.8
SC Write 41.5
SC Mixed 29.2
93% 32.5 GB/s
Latency 66.4
60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 107%
Great: 107%

 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: 73% - Very good Total price: $703
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