MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics78.3% 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 Drive52.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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)
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190705
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 17 '19 at 03:32
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing as expected (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
85.5% Excellent
Memory 80.6
1-Core 125
2-Core 247
83% 151 Pts
4-Core 486
8-Core 800
79% 643 Pts
64-Core 986
61% 986 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 85.5%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
EVGA(3842 1266) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
78.3% Very good
Lighting 101
Reflection 88.7
Parallax 82.7
82% 90.8 fps
MRender 103
Gravity 85.9
Splatting 74.7
70% 87.7 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 78.3%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29
78GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKB1D1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 126 124 133 131 134 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
52.1% Above average
Read 293
Write 156
Mixed 189
SusWrite 150
44% 197 MB/s
4K Read 28.5
4K Write 42.3
4K Mixed 23.4
96% 31.4 MB/s
DQ Read 46.9
DQ Write 49.2
DQ Mixed 44.5
34% 46.9 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 52.1%
Great: 85%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79
2TB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 192 197 198 195 188 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 176
Write 151
Mixed 28.3
SusWrite 193
99% 137 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 2
364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 106%
Great: 110%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
45% Average
MC Read 16.5
MC Write 14.9
MC Mixed 14
43% 15.1 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 13.6
SC Mixed 14.7
43% 15 GB/s
Latency 79.5
50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 45%
Great: 88%

 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: 73% - Very good Total price: $703
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