MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics79.8% 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)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190722
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 27 '20 at 18:26
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing below expectations (35th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
86.1% Excellent
Memory 68.6
1-Core 148
2-Core 295
90% 171 Pts
4-Core 556
8-Core 856
87% 706 Pts
64-Core 1,376
85% 1,376 Pts
Poor: 76%
This bench: 86.1%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
79.8% Very good
Lighting 101
Reflection 100
Parallax 102
82% 101 fps
MRender 123
Gravity 87.6
Splatting 74.8
75% 95 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 79.8%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP300 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$120
9GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E8FM12.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 751
Write 716
Mixed 494
145% 654 MB/s
4K Read 35.7
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 35.8
161% 62.1 MB/s
DQ Read 599
DQ Write 402
DQ Mixed 499
373% 500 MB/s
Poor: 70% Great: 143%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB
194GB free
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 392 398 399 389 403 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 506
Write 439
Mixed 278
SusWrite 398
91% 405 MB/s
4K Read 31.7
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 52.6
174% 65 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 192
190% 304 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 115%
Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
6GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 125 125 118 126 125 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
63.3% Good
Read 97.5
Write 88.7
Mixed 70
SusWrite 123
70% 94.8 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 63.3%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
63.1% Good
MC Read 25.4
MC Write 17.7
MC Mixed 24.3
64% 22.5 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 17.3
SC Mixed 23.7
57% 20.1 GB/s
Latency 105
38% 105 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 63.1%
Great: 113%

 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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HDDRAMUSB
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