MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics92.9% 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 Drive164% 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.
Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190924
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateOct 27 '19 at 00:34
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 35%
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 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$85
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
76.8% Very good
Memory 70.3
1-Core 141
2-Core 260
85% 157 Pts
4-Core 447
8-Core 773
74% 610 Pts
64-Core 935
58% 935 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 76.8%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 440.97
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
92.9% Outstanding
Lighting 120
Reflection 114
Parallax 107
97% 113 fps
MRender 137
Gravity 100
Splatting 82
84% 106 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 92.9%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38
153GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 853 564 46 54 868 117 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
164% Outstanding
Read 1,380
Write 928
Mixed 885
SusWrite 417
201% 902 MB/s
4K Read 38.3
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 52.5
180% 65 MB/s
DQ Read 348
DQ Write 884
DQ Mixed 223
283% 485 MB/s
Poor: 103%
This bench: 164%
Great: 242%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$80
3.5TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 179 179 183 181 184 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 160
Mixed 71
SusWrite 181
106% 146 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 101%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C19 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
67.1% Good
MC Read 28.4
MC Write 17.9
MC Mixed 26.2
69% 24.2 GB/s
SC Read 18.9
SC Write 17.7
SC Mixed 24.2
58% 20.3 GB/s
Latency 101
40% 101 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 67.1%
Great: 113%

 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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