MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 88%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics110% 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 Drive145% 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)
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190722
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateAug 23 '19 at 15:06
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%
Watch Gameplay: 5700-XT + 3600 How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X-$210
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
76.7% Very good
Memory 71.4
1-Core 138
2-Core 222
80% 144 Pts
4-Core 439
8-Core 896
78% 668 Pts
64-Core 1,106
68% 1,106 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 76.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.8.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 116
Parallax 229
112% 161 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 132
Splatting 159
114% 136 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 110%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38
409GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 629 745 776 694 567 719 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
145% Outstanding
Read 1,292
Write 452
Mixed 812
SusWrite 688
180% 811 MB/s
4K Read 44.3
4K Write 49.7
4K Mixed 44.3
150% 46.1 MB/s
DQ Read 161
DQ Write 46.6
DQ Mixed 71.2
61% 93 MB/s
Poor: 103%
This bench: 145%
Great: 242%
T-force 500GB 500GB
388GB free
Firmware: Q0526A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 476 477 479 479 478 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
130% Outstanding
Read 518
Write 474
Mixed 455
SusWrite 462
107% 477 MB/s
4K Read 44.2
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 62.1
206% 72.9 MB/s
DQ Read 390
DQ Write 361
DQ Mixed 130
165% 294 MB/s
Poor: 82%
This bench: 130%
Great: 126%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 3600 C17 Series 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
69.5% Good
MC Read 29.7
MC Write 18.1
MC Mixed 27.2
71% 25 GB/s
SC Read 20.8
SC Write 18.2
SC Mixed 24.7
61% 21.2 GB/s
Latency 98.3
41% 98.3 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 69.5%
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 7,280 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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