MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics90.7% 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 Drive74.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory12.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190617
Uptime18.5 Days
Run DateDec 06 '19 at 22:27
Run Duration166 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 35%
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 PC Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
74.8% Very good
Memory 78.3
1-Core 114
2-Core 219
77% 137 Pts
4-Core 383
8-Core 649
63% 516 Pts
64-Core 747
46% 747 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 74.8%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
90.7% Outstanding
Lighting 107
Reflection 117
Parallax 124
87% 116 fps
MRender 163
Gravity 114
Splatting 92.1
97% 123 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 90.7%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 500GB
195GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 401000WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 210 283 242 113 167 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
74.8% Very good
Read 278
Write 307
Mixed 216
SusWrite 206
57% 252 MB/s
4K Read 24.9
4K Write 80.8
4K Mixed 34.1
124% 46.6 MB/s
DQ Read 308
DQ Write 268
DQ Mixed 174
162% 250 MB/s
Poor: 67%
This bench: 74.8%
Great: 114%
WD WD100EMAZ-00WJTA0 10TB
7TB free
Firmware: 83.H0A83
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 115 163 167 74 77 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
91.6% Outstanding
Read 191
Write 56.5
Mixed 102
SusWrite 127
88% 119 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 1.1
302% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 91.6%
Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
360GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 92 116 136 75 51 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
71.1% Very good
Read 150
Write 175
Mixed 67.5
SusWrite 97.6
90% 123 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
167% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 71.1%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz
Performing below potential (32nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
75.8% Very good
MC Read 30.3
MC Write 23.8
MC Mixed 27.3
78% 27.1 GB/s
SC Read 20.7
SC Write 24.7
SC Mixed 24.7
67% 23.4 GB/s
Latency 83.8
48% 83.8 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 75.8%
Great: 87%

 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 7,284 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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