MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics90.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190905
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 15 '20 at 23:59
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing as expected (45th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$85
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
83.5% Excellent
Memory 68.6
1-Core 147
2-Core 281
88% 165 Pts
4-Core 528
8-Core 854
85% 691 Pts
64-Core 1,030
64% 1,030 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 83.5%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19
Performing below potential (53rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
90.4% Outstanding
Lighting 116
Reflection 111
Parallax 107
94% 111 fps
MRender 134
Gravity 98.2
Splatting 80.9
83% 104 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 90.4%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46
87GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2,530
Write 2,228
Mixed 1,534
466% 2,097 MB/s
4K Read 64.3
4K Write 167
4K Mixed 86.4
297% 106 MB/s
DQ Read 1010
DQ Write 1,054
DQ Mixed 1,125
820% 1,063 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$32
876GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 178 180 182 184 180 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
99.8% Outstanding
Read 169
Write 167
Mixed 74.2
SusWrite 180
107% 147 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 99.8%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
62.7% Good
MC Read 26.8
MC Write 15.9
MC Mixed 24.9
64% 22.5 GB/s
SC Read 18.4
SC Write 15.6
SC Mixed 23.3
55% 19.1 GB/s
Latency 105
38% 105 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 62.7%
Great: 113%

 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 7,280 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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