MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 95%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics103% 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 Drive274% 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)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200609
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 28 '20 at 20:20
Run Duration209 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$225
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
85.4% Excellent
Memory 82.9
1-Core 118
2-Core 237
81% 146 Pts
4-Core 471
8-Core 937
83% 704 Pts
64-Core 1290
80% 1290 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 85.4%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700XT 50th Anniversary
AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.2
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Lighting 134
Reflection 142
Parallax 190
109% 155 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 134
Splatting 97.5
93% 116 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 103%
Great: 103%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
206GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1043 864 852 852 841 809 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
274% Outstanding
Read 2560
Write 2,385
Mixed 1,844
SusWrite 877
429% 1,917 MB/s
4K Read 62.8
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 82.1
264% 88.4 MB/s
DQ Read 958
DQ Write 633
DQ Mixed 868
628% 820 MB/s
Poor: 178%
This bench: 274%
Great: 355%
Intel 535 Series 480GB-$180
444GB free
Firmware: RG21
SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 257 265 267 280 267 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
69% Good
Read 451
Write 238
Mixed 244
SusWrite 269
67% 301 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 22.8
4K Mixed 25.5
89% 25.7 MB/s
DQ Read 228
DQ Write 93.8
DQ Mixed 122
101% 148 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 69%
Great: 69%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48
1TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 272 273 269 268 273 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 60% Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
112% Outstanding
MC Read 46.5
MC Write 42.9
MC Mixed 34.6
118% 41.3 GB/s
SC Read 26.5
SC Write 40.3
SC Mixed 30
92% 32.3 GB/s
Latency 75.3
53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 112%
Great: 118%

 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 7,284 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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