MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 105%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 107%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics104% 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 Drive190% 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)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190924
Uptime2 Days
Run DateOct 12 '19 at 21:11
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
98.5% Outstanding
Memory 86
1-Core 151
2-Core 301
97% 179 Pts
4-Core 594
8-Core 1160
104% 877 Pts
64-Core 1,464
91% 1,464 Pts
Poor: 76%
This bench: 98.5%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1682 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.3
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 92
Parallax 190
107% 138 fps
MRender 92
Gravity 144
Splatting 132
102% 123 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 104%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 512GB
174GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 551 538 467 495 528 488 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
190% Outstanding
Read 1,134
Write 732
Mixed 609
SusWrite 511
166% 747 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 157
4K Mixed 50
186% 77.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,343
DQ Write 1,207
DQ Mixed 1,258
948% 1,269 MB/s
Poor: 105%
This bench: 190%
Great: 267%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112
794GB free
Firmware: R0918B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 477 440 430 432 432 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
125% Outstanding
Read 519
Write 477
Mixed 412
SusWrite 447
104% 464 MB/s
4K Read 40.8
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 59.9
200% 72.5 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 280
DQ Mixed 107
141% 257 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 125%
Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 187 182 182 187 187 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
95.4% Outstanding
Read 147
Write 152
Mixed 78.3
SusWrite 185
103% 141 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 95.4%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (23rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
84.4% Excellent
MC Read 30.8
MC Write 24.4
MC Mixed 33.3
84% 29.5 GB/s
SC Read 25.9
SC Write 24.2
SC Mixed 36.1
82% 28.7 GB/s
Latency 71.2
56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 68%
This bench: 84.4%
Great: 120%

 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 7,283 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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