MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics100% 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 Drive163% 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.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191107
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 16 '21 at 00:37
Run Duration156 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
90.4% Outstanding
Memory 79.8
1-Core 147
2-Core 294
93% 174 Pts
4-Core 543
8-Core 846
86% 694 Pts
64-Core 1,088
67% 1,088 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 90.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700XT 50th Anniversary
AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.50.26
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
100% Outstanding
Lighting 127
Reflection 144
Parallax 192
104% 154 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 134
Splatting 96.3
93% 115 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 100%
Great: 103%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74
322GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 508 225 219 106 100 101 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
163% Outstanding
Read 1,462
Write 1491
Mixed 1,068
SusWrite 210
236% 1,058 MB/s
4K Read 56.8
4K Write 96.1
4K Mixed 66.7
222% 73.2 MB/s
DQ Read 626
DQ Write 387
DQ Mixed 208
235% 407 MB/s
Poor: 127%
This bench: 163%
Great: 255%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB
688GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 186 190 188 179 200 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
92.6% Outstanding
Read 134
Write 163
Mixed 75.2
SusWrite 189
102% 140 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
97% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 92.6%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 4000 C19 Series 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing below potential (26th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
86.5% Excellent
MC Read 34.6
MC Write 23.9
MC Mixed 33.7
88% 30.7 GB/s
SC Read 26.4
SC Write 23.8
SC Mixed 35.1
81% 28.4 GB/s
Latency 81
49% 81 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 137%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

 SkillBench Score 48: 4R 6G 10B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score Hit Rate Shots EFps 0.1% Low Refresh Rate Screen Resolution Monitor
48% 39% 51 106 7 240 26.5" 1920 1080 GSM5B8E 27GN7
Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,306 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: $721
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