MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics8.15% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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)
Memory4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190306
Uptime2.1 Days
Run DateMay 04 '20 at 03:59
Run Duration119 Seconds
Run User EGY-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (79th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$155
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
84.1% Excellent
Memory 84.2
1-Core 117
2-Core 214
79% 138 Pts
4-Core 453
8-Core 662
70% 557 Pts
64-Core 890
55% 890 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 84.1%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R7 265-$105
CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.4.1
Relative performance (0th percentile)
8.15% Terrible
Lighting 0.03
Reflection 29.8
Parallax 33.3
0% 21.1 fps
MRender 26.9
Gravity 23.2
Splatting 35.1
24% 28.4 fps
Poor: 19%
This bench: 8.15%
Great: 21%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23
60GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 35 66 61 81 79 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
39% Below average
Read 77.5
Write 70.3
Mixed 53.8
SusWrite 58.5
48% 65 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
130% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 39%
Great: 54%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90
102GB free
Firmware: 01.03E01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 96 98 98 101 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
55.8% Above average
Read 95.2
Write 88.8
Mixed 58.5
SusWrite 98.9
63% 85.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 55.8%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
52.9% Above average
MC Read 21
MC Write 15.7
MC Mixed 16.4
51% 17.7 GB/s
SC Read 18.3
SC Write 19.9
SC Mixed 18.1
54% 18.8 GB/s
Latency 73.2
55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 52.9%
Great: 58%

 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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