MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics78.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive342% 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)
Memory26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20210203
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateMay 11 '21 at 10:16
Run Duration203 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
89.4% Excellent
Memory 80.8
1-Core 153
2-Core 298
95% 177 Pts
4-Core 524
8-Core 1,021
92% 773 Pts
64-Core 1,423
88% 1,423 Pts
Poor: 76%
This bench: 89.4%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.27
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
78.1% Very good
Lighting 99.8
Reflection 97.5
Parallax 89.2
81% 95.5 fps
MRender 97.8
Gravity 92
Splatting 77.9
72% 89.2 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 78.1%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95
520GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1643 1351 1324 1296 1244 1230 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
342% Outstanding
Read 2,663
Write 2,506
Mixed 1,963
SusWrite 1,348
475% 2,120 MB/s
4K Read 66.8
4K Write 178
4K Mixed 95.7
318% 114 MB/s
DQ Read 1,304
DQ Write 1,110
DQ Mixed 1,144
874% 1186 MB/s
Poor: 188%
This bench: 342%
Great: 410%
Samsung MZ7TE256HMHP-000L7 256GB
166GB free
Firmware: EXT09L6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 260 259 259 260 261 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
93.7% Outstanding
Read 501
Write 261
Mixed 213
SusWrite 260
68% 309 MB/s
4K Read 36
4K Write 90.4
4K Mixed 33.7
146% 53.4 MB/s
DQ Read 372
DQ Write 254
DQ Mixed 83.7
125% 237 MB/s
Poor: 45%
This bench: 93.7%
Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33
642GB free
Firmware: CC61
SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 191 192 192 192 191 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 188
Write 150
Mixed 90.6
SusWrite 190
113% 155 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 109%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 3200 C16 Series 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
92.5% Outstanding
MC Read 37.9
MC Write 24
MC Mixed 37.4
95% 33.1 GB/s
SC Read 27
SC Write 23.8
SC Mixed 38.2
85% 29.7 GB/s
Latency 79.1
51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 92.5%
Great: 109%

 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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