MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 103%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 100%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics83.7% 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 Drive359% 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)
Memory29 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200609
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 27 '21 at 15:28
Run Duration191 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X-$395
AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
98.5% Outstanding
Memory 84.2
1-Core 157
2-Core 312
99% 184 Pts
4-Core 604
8-Core 1,158
105% 881 Pts
64-Core 2,264
140% 2,264 Pts
Poor: 80%
This bench: 98.5%
Great: 97%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
83.7% Excellent
Lighting 105
Reflection 109
Parallax 100
86% 105 fps
MRender 95.6
Gravity 101
Splatting 97.3
80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 83.7%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90
890GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2257 2274 2245 2274 2242 2250 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
359% Outstanding
Read 1,728
Write 2,246
Mixed 1900
SusWrite 2,257
461% 2,033 MB/s
4K Read 65.4
4K Write 185
4K Mixed 93.7
317% 115 MB/s
DQ Read 1,381
DQ Write 1,036
DQ Mixed 1,156
878% 1,191 MB/s
Poor: 149%
This bench: 359%
Great: 365%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
233GB free
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1156 449 311 310 310 309 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
201% Outstanding
Read 1,322
Write 1,149
Mixed 622
SusWrite 474
199% 892 MB/s
4K Read 43.9
4K Write 142
4K Mixed 59.8
218% 81.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1166
DQ Write 1,168
DQ Mixed 716
662% 1,016 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 201%
Great: 236%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2Z3200C16 CMK16GX4M2Z3200C16 32GB
3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
116% Outstanding
MC Read 46
MC Write 41.6
MC Mixed 42
123% 43.2 GB/s
SC Read 28.7
SC Write 24.3
SC Mixed 38.6
87% 30.5 GB/s
Latency 73.2
55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 116%
Great: 116%

 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 7,318 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 70%
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 64%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $695
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