MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics99.1% 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 Drive99.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191028
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateNov 07 '19 at 22:10
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User BEL-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
84.1% Excellent
Memory 71
1-Core 141
2-Core 263
86% 159 Pts
4-Core 522
8-Core 776
81% 649 Pts
64-Core 1,027
64% 1,027 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 84.1%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
CLim: 1647 MHz, MLim: 1020 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
99.1% Outstanding
Lighting 121
Reflection 91.1
Parallax 199
99% 137 fps
MRender 91
Gravity 139
Splatting 131
100% 120 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 99.1%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
111GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 306 299 306 289 283 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
99.1% Outstanding
Read 491
Write 480
Mixed 327
SusWrite 303
90% 400 MB/s
4K Read 24.5
4K Write 88.9
4K Mixed 44.9
142% 52.8 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 354
DQ Mixed 366
275% 368 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 99.1%
Great: 124%
WD WD1001FALS-00U9B0 1TB
370GB free
Firmware: 06.01D02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 105 108 107 107 104 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
62.6% Good
Read 112
Write 105
Mixed 74
SusWrite 105
73% 99.2 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 62.6%
Great: 73%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (18th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68% Good
MC Read 28.9
MC Write 18.1
MC Mixed 26.4
70% 24.5 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 17.9
SC Mixed 24.9
59% 20.7 GB/s
Latency 99
40% 99 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 68%
Great: 110%

 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 7,290 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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