MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 113%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 110%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics157% 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.
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)
Memory17.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180702
Uptime18.5 Days
Run DateJun 02 '21 at 18:15
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing below expectations (40th 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 as expected (50th percentile)
74.8% Very good
Memory 71.2
1-Core 117
2-Core 230
76% 139 Pts
4-Core 421
8-Core 722
69% 572 Pts
64-Core 1,074
66% 1,074 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 74.8%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.11
Performing below potential (56th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
157% Outstanding
Lighting 207
Reflection 168
Parallax 257
169% 211 fps
MRender 267
Gravity 227
Splatting 169
175% 221 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 157%
Great: 174%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SSD 240GB
1GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.2
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 448
Write 200
Mixed 338
72% 329 MB/s
4K Read 33.6
4K Write 73.3
4K Mixed 36.5
136% 47.8 MB/s
DQ Read 255
DQ Write 154
DQ Mixed 23.6
66% 144 MB/s
Poor: 45% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
139GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 69 84 91 97 91 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
53.7% Above average
Read 106
Write 93
Mixed 66.4
SusWrite 81.2
64% 86.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 53.7%
Great: 109%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 8GB
8GB free, PID 007a
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.5 4.9 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
6.42% Terrible
Read 25.2
Write 3.7
Mixed 5.7
SusWrite 4.8
10% 9.85 MB/s
4K Read 7.3
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
27% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.42%
Great: 8%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
62.8% Good
MC Read 23.6
MC Write 21
MC Mixed 24
65% 22.9 GB/s
SC Read 14.2
SC Write 19.7
SC Mixed 17.9
49% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 98.7
40% 98.7 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 62.8%
Great: 103%

 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: 72% - Very good Total price: $732
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