MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics95.6% 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 Drive88.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.
Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180702
Uptime4 Days
Run DateMar 25 '20 at 21:54
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 33%

 PC Performing as expected (55th 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 as expected (41st percentile)
69.7% Good
Memory 73.4
1-Core 103
2-Core 186
69% 121 Pts
4-Core 355
8-Core 673
61% 514 Pts
64-Core 1,153
71% 1,153 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 69.7%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1645 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.1
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
95.6% Outstanding
Lighting 117
Reflection 86.2
Parallax 175
96% 126 fps
MRender 87.9
Gravity 135
Splatting 122
95% 115 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 95.6%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52
83GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 302 302 303 304 251 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
88.9% Excellent
Read 488
Write 320
Mixed 308
SusWrite 294
79% 353 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 73.4
4K Mixed 34
126% 45.4 MB/s
DQ Read 280
DQ Write 287
DQ Mixed 222
184% 263 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 88.9%
Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 181 179 180 184 179 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 200
Write 151
Mixed 82.5
SusWrite 181
112% 154 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 109%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown NMUD480E82-3000 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz
Performing below potential (25th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
82.3% Excellent
MC Read 33.4
MC Write 29.6
MC Mixed 28.8
87% 30.6 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 26.1
SC Mixed 20.2
61% 21.3 GB/s
Latency 93.7
43% 93.7 ns
Poor: 68%
This bench: 82.3%
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 7,290 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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