MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics86.5% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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)
Memory10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191107
Uptime1 Days
Run DateJan 05 '21 at 00:09
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing as expected (47th 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 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
80.3% Excellent
Memory 74
1-Core 143
2-Core 262
87% 160 Pts
4-Core 464
8-Core 824
78% 644 Pts
64-Core 1,072
66% 1,072 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
PowerColor(148C 2387) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.12.1
Performing below potential (49th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
86.5% Excellent
Lighting 111
Reflection 109
Parallax 174
90% 132 fps
MRender 93.5
Gravity 125
Splatting 77.1
79% 98.5 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
PNY CS90 0 480GB SSD
181GB free
Firmware: CS90
SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 240 106 106 106 107 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
89.9% Excellent
Read 478
Write 357
Mixed 344
SusWrite 183
76% 341 MB/s
4K Read 38.3
4K Write 88.5
4K Mixed 41.1
158% 56 MB/s
DQ Read 235
DQ Write 275
DQ Mixed 194
163% 235 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 89.9%
Great: 93%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50
670GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 113 130 132 129 133 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
92.9% Outstanding
Read 196
Write 199
Mixed 90
SusWrite 127
112% 153 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 5.6
4K Mixed 1.5
300% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 92.9%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
47.4% Average
MC Read 17.3
MC Write 15.4
MC Mixed 16
46% 16.2 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 15.1
SC Mixed 16.7
46% 16 GB/s
Latency 92.5
43% 92.5 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 47.4%
Great: 110%

 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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