MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 97%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics113% 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 Drive175% 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)
Memory26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190722
Uptime0.8 Days
Run DateSep 21 '19 at 12:43
Run Duration243 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing as expected (57th 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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
79.1% Very good
Memory 88
1-Core 126
2-Core 194
80% 136 Pts
4-Core 376
8-Core 823
70% 600 Pts
64-Core 1,313
81% 1,313 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 79.1%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407
EVGA(3842 2081) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
113% Outstanding
Lighting 146
Reflection 156
Parallax 164
119% 156 fps
MRender 171
Gravity 141
Splatting 105
110% 139 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 113%
Great: 134%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Viper M.2 VPN100 1TB
449GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1195 672 982 817 845 862 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
175% Outstanding
Read 713
Write 2,203
Mixed 587
SusWrite 895
251% 1,100 MB/s
4K Read 17.9
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 59.1
165% 64.7 MB/s
DQ Read 995
DQ Write 775
DQ Mixed 910
674% 893 MB/s
Poor: 156%
This bench: 175%
Great: 287%
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB
207GB free
Firmware: R0817A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 114 54 77 74 74 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
49.1% Average
Read 499
Write 453
Mixed 429
SusWrite 138
85% 380 MB/s
4K Read 30.5
4K Write 17.7
4K Mixed 1.3
57% 16.5 MB/s
DQ Read 221
DQ Write 22.2
DQ Mixed 23.5
42% 89 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 49.1%
Great: 102%
Patriot Burst 480GB
202GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 452 207 108 110 110 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
100% Outstanding
Read 486
Write 322
Mixed 371
SusWrite 241
79% 355 MB/s
4K Read 39.1
4K Write 96.1
4K Mixed 44.9
168% 60 MB/s
DQ Read 304
DQ Write 355
DQ Mixed 235
203% 298 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 100%
Great: 100%
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95
151GB free
Firmware: SAFM11.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 99 110 114 121 114 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
76.3% Very good
Read 513
Write 162
Mixed 267
SusWrite 114
58% 264 MB/s
4K Read 20.1
4K Write 83.5
4K Mixed 37.8
123% 47.1 MB/s
DQ Read 348
DQ Write 110
DQ Mixed 187
149% 215 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 76.3%
Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31
602GB free
Firmware: HP34
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 186 188 188 188 186 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 191
Write 159
Mixed 87.7
SusWrite 185
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 108%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
96% Outstanding
MC Read 37.4
MC Write 34.8
MC Mixed 32
99% 34.7 GB/s
SC Read 23.6
SC Write 34
SC Mixed 26.7
80% 28.1 GB/s
Latency 69.6
58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 96%
Great: 106%

 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 7,292 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: 72% - Very good Total price: $732
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