MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 60%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics66.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive50.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190924
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 05 '19 at 16:59
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 15%
Watch Gameplay: 590 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (49th 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 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
85.2% Excellent
Memory 70.9
1-Core 143
2-Core 286
88% 167 Pts
4-Core 533
8-Core 836
84% 684 Pts
64-Core 1,047
65% 1,047 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200
CLim: 1565 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
66.5% Good
Lighting 85.7
Reflection 80.5
Parallax 106
70% 90.6 fps
MRender 75
Gravity 85.2
Splatting 63.5
60% 74.6 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 66.5%
Great: 62%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20
34GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS900612
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 168 123 37 73 27 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
50.9% Above average
Read 473
Write 319
Mixed 322
SusWrite 102
68% 304 MB/s
4K Read 35.7
4K Write 33.1
4K Mixed 1.1
73% 23.3 MB/s
DQ Read 234
DQ Write 48.3
DQ Mixed 22.6
47% 102 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 50.9%
Great: 91%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16
248GB free
Firmware: 0005HPM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 58 60 58 60 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
31.4% Below average
Read 50.7
Write 48
Mixed 35.2
SusWrite 58.7
35% 48.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.4
74% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 9%
This bench: 31.4%
Great: 43%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (24th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.6% Good
MC Read 29.5
MC Write 18.1
MC Mixed 26.6
71% 24.7 GB/s
SC Read 19.6
SC Write 18.1
SC Mixed 24.5
59% 20.7 GB/s
Latency 99.2
40% 99.2 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 68.6%
Great: 101%

 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%
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 64%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $732
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