MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 62%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics67.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive66.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190722
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateDec 03 '19 at 18:52
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (59th 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 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
84% Excellent
Memory 83.1
1-Core 123
2-Core 251
84% 152 Pts
4-Core 456
8-Core 681
71% 569 Pts
64-Core 936
58% 936 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 84%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
67.7% Good
Lighting 78.7
Reflection 91
Parallax 73.9
64% 81.2 fps
MRender 94.1
Gravity 79
Splatting 97.8
75% 90.3 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 67.7%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30
56GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0427ANR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 89 79 92 98 83 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
66.1% Good
Read 502
Write 138
Mixed 200
SusWrite 86.4
51% 232 MB/s
4K Read 26.8
4K Write 94.3
4K Mixed 25.4
123% 48.8 MB/s
DQ Read 150
DQ Write 30.6
DQ Mixed 59.4
52% 80.1 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 66.1%
Great: 107%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24
290GB free
Firmware: 17.01H17
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 174 171 175 176 176 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 178
Write 160
Mixed 63.2
SusWrite 174
105% 144 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 1.2
233% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 101%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
87% Excellent
MC Read 35.2
MC Write 23.9
MC Mixed 34.9
90% 31.3 GB/s
SC Read 22.2
SC Write 23.8
SC Mixed 32.3
75% 26.1 GB/s
Latency 74.9
53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 87%
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 7,289 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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