MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics93.3% 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 Drive362% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181219
Uptime16.1 Days
Run DateMay 06 '20 at 20:54
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User PRT-User
Background CPU 15%

 PC Performing way above expectations (85th 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 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
83.5% Excellent
Memory 84.7
1-Core 116
2-Core 228
80% 143 Pts
4-Core 442
8-Core 734
72% 588 Pts
64-Core 917
57% 917 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 83.5%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
CLim: 1663 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.2
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
93.3% Outstanding
Lighting 113
Reflection 91.5
Parallax 177
92% 127 fps
MRender 89.8
Gravity 124
Splatting 130
96% 115 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 93.3%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170
408GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2014 2051 2056 2047 2046 2078 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
362% Outstanding
Read 2,760
Write 1,943
Mixed 1,320
SusWrite 2,049
451% 2,018 MB/s
4K Read 58.8
4K Write 165
4K Mixed 82
281% 102 MB/s
DQ Read 940
DQ Write 805
DQ Mixed 875
655% 873 MB/s
Poor: 195%
This bench: 362%
Great: 393%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
660GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 158 159 160 161 160 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
91.5% Outstanding
Read 160
Write 151
Mixed 90.5
SusWrite 159
103% 140 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.1
223% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 91.5%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
104% Outstanding
MC Read 41.7
MC Write 38.7
MC Mixed 33.3
108% 37.9 GB/s
SC Read 24.8
SC Write 39.1
SC Mixed 27.2
87% 30.4 GB/s
Latency 72.3
55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 104%
Great: 104%

 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 7,315 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: 76% - Very good Total price: $701
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