MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 128%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 124%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics128% 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.
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 VersionWindows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20220716
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 26 '22 at 01:08
Run Duration133 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X-$170
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Memory 83.1
1-Core 165
2-Core 334
103% 194 Pts
4-Core 661
8-Core 1,019
104% 840 Pts
64-Core 1450
90% 1450 Pts
Poor: 82%
This bench: 103%
Great: 108%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340
CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59
Performing below potential (57th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
128% Outstanding
Lighting 178
Reflection 222
Parallax 161
146% 187 fps
MRender 188
Gravity 133
Splatting 117
116% 146 fps
Poor: 116%
This bench: 128%
Great: 136%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$94
60GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,857
Write 2,300
Mixed 1,918
454% 2025 MB/s
4K Read 62.7
4K Write 176
4K Mixed 90.2
304% 110 MB/s
DQ Read 1,364
DQ Write 1,029
DQ Mixed 857
733% 1,083 MB/s
Poor: 149% Great: 365%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
211GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 181 174 161 171 185 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
84.8% Excellent
Read 122
Write 129
Mixed 72
SusWrite 174
91% 124 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.2
117% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 84.8%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
76.8% Very good
MC Read 30.1
MC Write 21.1
MC Mixed 29.2
77% 26.8 GB/s
SC Read 26.2
SC Write 21.1
SC Mixed 30.6
74% 26 GB/s
Latency 75
53% 75 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 76.8%
Great: 104%

 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 7,294 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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