MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics104% 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 Drive51.5% 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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180702
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 21 '20 at 17:37
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$125
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
90% Outstanding
Memory 84.2
1-Core 129
2-Core 257
86% 157 Pts
4-Core 515
8-Core 772
80% 644 Pts
64-Core 1,062
66% 1,062 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 90%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.2
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Lighting 128
Reflection 109
Parallax 212
104% 150 fps
MRender 109
Gravity 122
Splatting 152
107% 127 fps
Poor: 78%
This bench: 104%
Great: 91%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB
47GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF4500RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 97 14 81 41 25 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
51.5% Above average
Read 456
Write 366
Mixed 169
SusWrite 85.2
60% 269 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 41
4K Mixed 19.2
81% 27.6 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 48.9
DQ Mixed 10.6
27% 58.4 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 51.5%
Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
702GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 191 191 189 191 192 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 190
Write 78.5
Mixed 81
SusWrite 191
99% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 109%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz
Performing below potential (96th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
104% Outstanding
MC Read 41.6
MC Write 37.9
MC Mixed 33.5
108% 37.7 GB/s
SC Read 25.7
SC Write 38.4
SC Mixed 29.5
89% 31.2 GB/s
Latency 73.1
55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 104%
Great: 104%

 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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