MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82% 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 Drive224% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190617
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateDec 06 '19 at 21:29
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 14%
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 PC Performing as expected (58th 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 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
Memory 70.8
1-Core 147
2-Core 286
89% 168 Pts
4-Core 572
8-Core 849
88% 711 Pts
64-Core 1,065
66% 1,065 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0
Performing below potential (73rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82% Excellent
Lighting 101
Reflection 113
Parallax 96.2
83% 103 fps
MRender 98.2
Gravity 96.4
Splatting 101
81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74
527GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1457 1499 806 249 313 105 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
224% Outstanding
Read 1,471
Write 1,552
Mixed 1,082
SusWrite 738
272% 1,211 MB/s
4K Read 58.4
4K Write 167
4K Mixed 79.3
279% 102 MB/s
DQ Read 635
DQ Write 905
DQ Mixed 270
344% 603 MB/s
Poor: 127%
This bench: 224%
Great: 255%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB
387GB free
Firmware: 06.01D06
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 95 95 95 96 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
54.3% Above average
Read 94.4
Write 90.5
Mixed 72.6
SusWrite 94.6
65% 88 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
186% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 54.3%
Great: 75%
Seagate ST380013AS 80GB-$75
42GB free
Firmware: 8.12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 40 40 41 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
22.5% Poor
Read 37.7
Write 12.2
Mixed 24.7
SusWrite 40.2
21% 28.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 22.5%
Great: 32%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (35th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.9% Good
MC Read 29.4
MC Write 18.2
MC Mixed 26.7
71% 24.8 GB/s
SC Read 20.4
SC Write 18.3
SC Mixed 24.9
61% 21.2 GB/s
Latency 99.6
40% 99.6 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 68.9%
Great: 94%

 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%
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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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