MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 84%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics89% 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 Drive115% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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)
Memory25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190617
Uptime8 Days
Run DateNov 27 '20 at 02:11
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X-$210
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
98% Outstanding
Memory 82.8
1-Core 155
2-Core 310
98% 182 Pts
4-Core 608
8-Core 948
96% 778 Pts
64-Core 1,131
70% 1,131 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 98%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300
Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.9.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
89% Excellent
Lighting 117
Reflection 125
Parallax 190
95% 144 fps
MRender 97.5
Gravity 113
Splatting 78.3
77% 96.4 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 89%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk G5 BICS4 1TB
592GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 415000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 362 367 372 366 367 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 482
Write 484
Mixed 410
SusWrite 371
98% 437 MB/s
4K Read 39.5
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 52.8
185% 67.2 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 325
DQ Mixed 96
143% 269 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 115%
Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
611GB free
Firmware: JC49
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 111 111 112 111 112 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
61.3% Good
Read 103
Write 100
Mixed 59.8
SusWrite 111
69% 93.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 1
172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 61.3%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
88.3% Excellent
MC Read 36.4
MC Write 22.6
MC Mixed 35.9
90% 31.6 GB/s
SC Read 25.6
SC Write 22.3
SC Mixed 34.6
79% 27.5 GB/s
Latency 75.6
53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 88.3%
Great: 106%

 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 7,281 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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