MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics78.5% 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 Drive200% 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.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200609
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 13 '20 at 20:33
Run Duration154 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU0%
Watch Gameplay: Vega-56 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd 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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
97.6% Outstanding
Memory 84.2
1-Core 149
2-Core 297
96% 177 Pts
4-Core 596
8-Core 946
95% 771 Pts
64-Core 1,118
69% 1,118 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 97.6%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170
CLim: 1580 MHz, MLim: 935 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
78.5% Very good
Lighting 92.9
Reflection 85.3
Parallax 136
76% 105 fps
MRender 80.3
Gravity 99.3
Splatting 119
84% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 78.5%
Great: 85%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB
82GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 234 187 209 189 188 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
200% Outstanding
Read 1,296
Write 895
Mixed 1,086
SusWrite 250
196% 882 MB/s
4K Read 56.5
4K Write 204
4K Mixed 80.7
297% 114 MB/s
DQ Read 786
DQ Write 1,104
DQ Mixed 430
469% 773 MB/s
Poor: 95%
This bench: 200%
Great: 223%
Intenso SSD 128GB
30GB free
Firmware: P1228BS
SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 167 167 168 168 165 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
88.4% Excellent
Read 510
Write 214
Mixed 325
SusWrite 185
68% 308 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 41.9
151% 57.4 MB/s
DQ Read 149
DQ Write 304
DQ Mixed 170
146% 208 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 88.4%
Great: 91%
WD WD3200AVJS-63WDA0 320GB
87GB free
Firmware: 01.03E01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 77 77 77 76 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
43.4% Average
Read 74.2
Write 66.9
Mixed 49.8
SusWrite 76.6
49% 66.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 43.4%
Great: 59%
Seagate ST500VT000-1DK142 500GB
148GB free
Firmware: 0001SDC1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 83 83 83 82 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
50% Above average
Read 92.1
Write 94.5
Mixed 53.3
SusWrite 82.4
59% 80.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 50%
Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2800 C17 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
87.1% Excellent
MC Read 34.3
MC Write 24
MC Mixed 34.4
88% 30.9 GB/s
SC Read 25.9
SC Write 24
SC Mixed 34.5
80% 28.1 GB/s
Latency 73.1
55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 87.1%
Great: 101%

 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 7,289 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: 73% - Very good Total price: $703
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