MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics98.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190515
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJun 30 '20 at 06:33
Run Duration136 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 2700-$185
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
73.6% Very good
Memory 85.5
1-Core 110
2-Core 208
77% 135 Pts
4-Core 333
8-Core 658
58% 496 Pts
64-Core 1,132
70% 1,132 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 73.6%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1632 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.2
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
98.3% Outstanding
Lighting 121
Reflection 90.5
Parallax 189
98% 134 fps
MRender 90.3
Gravity 133
Splatting 130
98% 118 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 98.3%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2,422
Write 2,256
Mixed 1,554
462% 2,077 MB/s
4K Read 59.7
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 78.5
259% 88.8 MB/s
DQ Read 835
DQ Write 583
DQ Mixed 765
556% 728 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
Samsung FIT USB 3.0 64GB-$25
48GB free, PID 1000
Operating at USB 3.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 26 26 25 26 24 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
76.1% Very good
Read 215
Write 22.8
Mixed 45.7
SusWrite 25.9
73% 77.4 MB/s
4K Read 12.6
4K Write 11.8
4K Mixed 10.3
798% 11.6 MB/s
DQ Read 15.8
DQ Write 17.6
DQ Mixed 7.4
909% 13.6 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 76.1%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
102% Outstanding
MC Read 42.2
MC Write 36.3
MC Mixed 32.6
106% 37 GB/s
SC Read 25.1
SC Write 39.4
SC Mixed 27.9
88% 30.8 GB/s
Latency 71.6
56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 102%
Great: 110%

 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 7,311 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: $731
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