MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics99.7% 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 Drive116% 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)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191028
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 08 '19 at 21:53
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing below expectations (39th 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 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
67% Good
Memory 79.8
1-Core 91.2
2-Core 173
67% 115 Pts
4-Core 292
8-Core 527
49% 410 Pts
64-Core 868
54% 868 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 67%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.2
Performing below potential (72nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
99.7% Outstanding
Lighting 120
Reflection 91.1
Parallax 214
98% 142 fps
MRender 106
Gravity 121
Splatting 144
104% 124 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 99.7%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 512GB
253GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 570 513 492 473 529 479 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 1,145
Write 1,758
Mixed 1,300
SusWrite 509
266% 1,178 MB/s
4K Read 22.3
4K Write 36.3
4K Mixed 33.7
96% 30.8 MB/s
DQ Read 212
DQ Write 166
DQ Mixed 210
152% 196 MB/s
Poor: 105%
This bench: 116%
Great: 267%
USB DISK 3.0 32GB
29GB free, PID 6300
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 8.3 7.9 11 9.9 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
9.17% Terrible
Read 27.7
Write 20
Mixed 14.2
SusWrite 8.8
22% 17.7 MB/s
4K Read 3.3
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 1.2
80% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 9.17%
Great: 32%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2E3200C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
94.9% Outstanding
MC Read 37.8
MC Write 35.3
MC Mixed 31.7
100% 34.9 GB/s
SC Read 23
SC Write 28.7
SC Mixed 26.8
75% 26.2 GB/s
Latency 80.8
50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 94.9%
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 7,292 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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