MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 102%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 92%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics108% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190924
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJan 03 '20 at 08:11
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 2700-$185
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
91.1% Outstanding
Memory 91.5
1-Core 124
2-Core 247
86% 154 Pts
4-Core 488
8-Core 828
80% 658 Pts
64-Core 840
52% 840 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 91.1%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.3
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 133
Reflection 117
Parallax 245
109% 165 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 130
Splatting 163
114% 136 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 108%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
121GB free
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 351 316 316 316 315 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
121% Outstanding
Read 514
Write 494
Mixed 466
SusWrite 338
102% 453 MB/s
4K Read 43.5
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 60.2
204% 73.1 MB/s
DQ Read 387
DQ Write 361
DQ Mixed 369
278% 373 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 121%
Great: 129%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
541GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA800
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 110 114 123 101 121 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
41.4% Average
Read 31.7
Write 148
Mixed 31.1
SusWrite 112
58% 80.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.3
81% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 41.4%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata DDR4 3600 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3600 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
116% Outstanding
MC Read 48.4
MC Write 42.8
MC Mixed 35.3
120% 42.2 GB/s
SC Read 29.4
SC Write 42.6
SC Mixed 31.9
99% 34.6 GB/s
Latency 64.9
62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 72%
This bench: 116%
Great: 122%

 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%
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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