MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 94%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics120% 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 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)
Memory10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200609
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateApr 14 '21 at 12:26
Run Duration151 Seconds
Run User IND-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing as expected (53rd 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 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
81.3% Excellent
Memory 78.9
1-Core 122
2-Core 233
80% 145 Pts
4-Core 450
8-Core 738
73% 594 Pts
64-Core 1,264
78% 1,264 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 81.3%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$394
Zotac(19DA 3500) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
120% Outstanding
Lighting 160
Reflection 159
Parallax 169
130% 162 fps
MRender 175
Gravity 141
Splatting 120
116% 146 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 120%
Great: 134%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89
141GB free
Firmware: 0C3FD6SD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 123 95 91 85 89 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
76.4% Very good
Read 482
Write 442
Mixed 335
SusWrite 141
78% 350 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 62.8
4K Mixed 32.9
119% 41.4 MB/s
DQ Read 321
DQ Write 215
DQ Mixed 135
137% 224 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 76.4%
Great: 88%
Amd-raid WDC WDS240G2G0B- 240GB
127GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UJ450000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 103 5 135 80 106 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
147% Outstanding
Read 416
Write 366
Mixed 272
SusWrite 91.9
213% 286 MB/s
4K Read 17.5
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.9
833% 6.2 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 147%
Great: 166%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
231GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 118 120 119 119 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
78.4% Very good
Read 154
Write 142
Mixed 86.5
SusWrite 119
92% 125 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.1
224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 78.4%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata DDR4 3000 2OZ 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
46% Average
MC Read 18.3
MC Write 15
MC Mixed 14.9
46% 16.1 GB/s
SC Read 13.3
SC Write 13.2
SC Mixed 12.3
37% 12.9 GB/s
Latency 82.6
48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 46%
Great: 60%

 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 7,292 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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