MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics99.8% 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 Drive189% 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)
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190306
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 17 '21 at 09:13
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User SGP-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing above expectations (62nd 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 3.85 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
85.8% Excellent
Memory 82.7
1-Core 122
2-Core 238
82% 148 Pts
4-Core 478
8-Core 818
79% 648 Pts
64-Core 1,285
80% 1,285 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 85.8%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40
Performing below potential (25th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
99.8% Outstanding
Lighting 122
Reflection 102
Parallax 124
100% 116 fps
MRender 162
Gravity 114
Splatting 102
100% 126 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 99.8%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82
118GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 513 505 494 487 487 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
189% Outstanding
Read 1,990
Write 1,596
Mixed 669
SusWrite 490
263% 1,186 MB/s
4K Read 34
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 45.2
164% 60.5 MB/s
DQ Read 647
DQ Write 669
DQ Mixed 573
454% 630 MB/s
Poor: 147%
This bench: 189%
Great: 311%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
916GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 195 193 196 192 194 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
107% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 151
Mixed 84.9
SusWrite 188
111% 152 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 107%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
105% Outstanding
MC Read 43.2
MC Write 40
MC Mixed 32.7
110% 38.6 GB/s
SC Read 27.1
SC Write 34.4
SC Mixed 28.5
86% 30 GB/s
Latency 75.7
53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 105%
Great: 108%

 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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