MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive61.8% 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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190924
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 11 '19 at 06:29
Run Duration151 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$225
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
75.7% Very good
Memory 71.1
1-Core 108
2-Core 214
72% 131 Pts
4-Core 430
8-Core 804
74% 617 Pts
64-Core 1,164
72% 1,164 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 75.7%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210
CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
100% Outstanding
Lighting 119
Reflection 124
Parallax 98.7
97% 114 fps
MRender 174
Gravity 125
Splatting 102
106% 134 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 100%
Great: 123%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDRE500GB 500GB
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P0614D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 160 195 106 106 108 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
61.8% Good
Read 500
Write 410
Mixed 314
SusWrite 146
76% 343 MB/s
4K Read 16.9
4K Write 75.9
4K Mixed 19.7
91% 37.5 MB/s
DQ Read 205
DQ Write 45.2
DQ Mixed 71.3
66% 107 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 61.8%
Great: 103%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN 500GB
265GB free
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 286 307 293 292 292 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
96.9% Outstanding
Read 495
Write 457
Mixed 348
SusWrite 303
90% 400 MB/s
4K Read 33.9
4K Write 77.4
4K Mixed 42.4
147% 51.2 MB/s
DQ Read 305
DQ Write 285
DQ Mixed 237
194% 276 MB/s
Poor: 61%
This bench: 96.9%
Great: 106%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109
327GB free
Firmware: RVQ01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 371 447 471 475 475 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 503
Write 474
Mixed 415
SusWrite 432
103% 456 MB/s
4K Read 33.9
4K Write 96.1
4K Mixed 46.9
162% 59 MB/s
DQ Read 300
DQ Write 286
DQ Mixed 293
220% 293 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 110%
Great: 121%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
72.5% Very good
MC Read 27.9
MC Write 25.9
MC Mixed 25
75% 26.3 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 24
SC Mixed 23
62% 21.6 GB/s
Latency 98.8
40% 98.8 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 72.5%
Great: 105%

 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 7,293 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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