MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 100%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics113% 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 Drive179% 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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190617
Uptime4.6 Days
Run DateAug 30 '20 at 09:44
Run Duration151 Seconds
Run User ZAF-User
Background CPU9%
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 PC Performing above expectations (63rd 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 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
85.3% Excellent
Memory 80.7
1-Core 141
2-Core 282
91% 168 Pts
4-Core 483
8-Core 777
77% 630 Pts
64-Core 861
53% 861 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 85.3%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210
CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
113% Outstanding
Lighting 148
Reflection 137
Parallax 155
121% 147 fps
MRender 178
Gravity 128
Splatting 104
108% 137 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 113%
Great: 123%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDHL250GB-D8 250GB
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1111A0L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 446 369 122 122 134 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
179% Outstanding
Read 1,675
Write 703
Mixed 898
SusWrite 271
195% 887 MB/s
4K Read 51.7
4K Write 170
4K Mixed 29.5
206% 83.9 MB/s
DQ Read 594
DQ Write 1,019
DQ Mixed 160
304% 591 MB/s
Poor: 89%
This bench: 179%
Great: 199%
Hs-ssd-e100 512G 512GB
130GB free
Firmware: S0222A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 419 444 448 308 154 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
99.3% Outstanding
Read 508
Write 458
Mixed 426
SusWrite 364
99% 439 MB/s
4K Read 30.6
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 30.9
147% 58.9 MB/s
DQ Read 234
DQ Write 347
DQ Mixed 45.5
103% 209 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 99.3%
Great: 99%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226
334GB free
Firmware: X35510RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 226 228 225 218 217 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
81.7% Excellent
Read 337
Write 353
Mixed 268
SusWrite 234
67% 298 MB/s
4K Read 33
4K Write 97.5
4K Mixed 28.4
138% 53 MB/s
DQ Read 362
DQ Write 214
DQ Mixed 69.5
110% 215 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 81.7%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown KD48GU880-32A160T 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
89.3% Excellent
MC Read 35.2
MC Write 26.7
MC Mixed 34.9
92% 32.3 GB/s
SC Read 22
SC Write 26.6
SC Mixed 32
77% 26.9 GB/s
Latency 79.3
50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 89.3%
Great: 108%

 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 7,292 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 70%
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 64%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $732
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