MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics91.1% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190924
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateApr 08 '21 at 21:28
Run Duration158 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 11%
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 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
80.8% Excellent
Memory 72.4
1-Core 122
2-Core 244
80% 146 Pts
4-Core 478
8-Core 785
77% 632 Pts
64-Core 1,264
78% 1,264 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 80.8%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.92
Performing below potential (63rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
91.1% Outstanding
Lighting 115
Reflection 105
Parallax 119
94% 113 fps
MRender 133
Gravity 100
Splatting 90.1
86% 108 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 91.1%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
14GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 5,258
Write 2,595
Mixed 1,300
664% 3051 MB/s
4K Read 314
4K Write 46.1
4K Mixed 72.6
593% 144 MB/s
DQ Read 831
DQ Write 60.9
DQ Mixed 130
174% 340 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
MD1000GSA6472 1TB
102GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 152 151 151 152 151 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
98.4% Outstanding
Read 190
Write 174
Mixed 110
SusWrite 151
115% 157 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 5.3
4K Mixed 0.1
197% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 98.4%
Great: 103%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (29th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.8% Very good
MC Read 28.1
MC Write 22.8
MC Mixed 25.1
72% 25.3 GB/s
SC Read 20.7
SC Write 23.9
SC Mixed 22
63% 22.2 GB/s
Latency 96
42% 96 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 70.8%
Great: 104%

 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: 73% - Very good Total price: $703
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