MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 111%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 99%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics130% 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.
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)
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191107
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 31 '20 at 07:03
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$150
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86% Excellent
Memory 89.2
1-Core 119
2-Core 229
83% 146 Pts
4-Core 446
8-Core 679
70% 563 Pts
64-Core 892
55% 892 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 86%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Nvidia(10DE 1B06) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
130% Outstanding
Lighting 180
Reflection 193
Parallax 175
147% 183 fps
MRender 126
Gravity 183
Splatting 131
119% 147 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 130%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$59
10GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2,551
Write 961
Mixed 1,118
337% 1,543 MB/s
4K Read 61
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 79.7
269% 93.5 MB/s
DQ Read 828
DQ Write 722
DQ Mixed 473
437% 674 MB/s
Poor: 139% Great: 271%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
489GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 152 153 152 151 151 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
83.9% Excellent
Read 142
Write 131
Mixed 81.7
SusWrite 151
93% 126 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.8
154% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 83.9%
Great: 109%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB
15GB free, PID 6387
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.3 7.2 7.2 7.4 7.9 7.6 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
5.62% Terrible
Read 19.5
Write 7.5
Mixed 1.7
SusWrite 7.3
10% 9 MB/s
4K Read 5.1
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
19% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 2%
This bench: 5.62%
Great: 8%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
109% Outstanding
MC Read 44
MC Write 40.1
MC Mixed 35.4
114% 39.8 GB/s
SC Read 26.3
SC Write 38.7
SC Mixed 29.2
90% 31.4 GB/s
Latency 68.2
59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 109%
Great: 109%

 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 7,307 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: 74% - Very good Total price: $716
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