MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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 Drive104% 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.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180702
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 26 '20 at 21:57
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$211
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
76.1% Very good
Memory 80.3
1-Core 114
2-Core 204
76% 133 Pts
4-Core 386
8-Core 739
67% 563 Pts
64-Core 1,319
82% 1,319 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 76.1%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.1
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
95.6% Outstanding
Lighting 118
Reflection 87.8
Parallax 179
96% 128 fps
MRender 88.7
Gravity 127
Splatting 124
94% 113 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 95.6%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 311 305 302 301 296 MB/s
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 484
Write 461
Mixed 434
SusWrite 306
95% 421 MB/s
4K Read 40.5
4K Write 80.3
4K Mixed 49.9
168% 56.9 MB/s
DQ Read 304
DQ Write 294
DQ Mixed 302
226% 300 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 104%
Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 177 180 186 185 185 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 188
Write 151
Mixed 84
SusWrite 182
111% 151 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 106%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown NMUD480E82-3000 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
102% Outstanding
MC Read 41.9
MC Write 38
MC Mixed 33.2
108% 37.7 GB/s
SC Read 23.6
SC Write 33.7
SC Mixed 25.1
78% 27.5 GB/s
Latency 79.9
50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 68%
This bench: 102%
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 7,295 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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