MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 92%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics108% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190306
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 02 '19 at 20:19
Run Duration106 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 15%
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 PC Performing above expectations (83rd 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 way above expectations (97th percentile)
89.5% Excellent
Memory 89.6
1-Core 124
2-Core 243
86% 152 Pts
4-Core 481
8-Core 758
76% 619 Pts
64-Core 1,281
79% 1,281 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 89.5%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 135
Reflection 126
Parallax 127
110% 130 fps
MRender 178
Gravity 130
Splatting 104
109% 137 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 112%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
AMD T00 StoreMI 2TB
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 183 182 181 182 185 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 194
Write 145
Mixed 85.7
SusWrite 182
111% 152 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 108%
Great: 105%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
92.1% Outstanding
MC Read 37.1
MC Write 30.6
MC Mixed 32.3
95% 33.3 GB/s
SC Read 24.4
SC Write 29
SC Mixed 25.9
76% 26.4 GB/s
Latency 67.7
59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 92.1%
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 7,280 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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