MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 88%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics102% 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.
Boot Drive85.6% 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)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191107
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 04 '20 at 22:42
Run Duration173 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
90.9% Outstanding
Memory 74.8
1-Core 146
2-Core 291
91% 171 Pts
4-Core 574
8-Core 882
90% 728 Pts
64-Core 1,070
66% 1,070 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 90.9%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2071 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 144
Parallax 137
107% 137 fps
MRender 100
Gravity 135
Splatting 113
95% 116 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 102%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
408GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 365 396 422 438 422 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
85.6% Excellent
Read 426
Write 415
Mixed 337
SusWrite 400
89% 395 MB/s
4K Read 31.3
4K Write 54.1
4K Mixed 30.7
115% 38.7 MB/s
DQ Read 267
DQ Write 127
DQ Mixed 196
146% 197 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 85.6%
Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
75GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 272 278 289 288 289 MB/s
Performing below expectations (20th percentile)
91.8% Outstanding
Read 500
Write 456
Mixed 413
SusWrite 294
93% 416 MB/s
4K Read 41.1
4K Write 43.1
4K Mixed 41.4
138% 41.9 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 100
DQ Mixed 199
158% 228 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 91.8%
Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
204GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 79 90 98 98 98 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
76.5% Very good
Read 173
Write 143
Mixed 98
SusWrite 93.2
93% 127 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.2
241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 76.5%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
78% Very good
MC Read 29.4
MC Write 25.5
MC Mixed 28.7
80% 27.9 GB/s
SC Read 22.9
SC Write 25
SC Mixed 27.3
72% 25.1 GB/s
Latency 90.8
44% 90.8 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 78%
Great: 85%

 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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