MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 65%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics82% 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 Drive184% 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.
Memory64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory56 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190924
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateNov 26 '22 at 19:06
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 13%

 PC Performing below expectations (35th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
74.2% Very good
Memory 76.2
1-Core 119
2-Core 220
77% 138 Pts
4-Core 388
8-Core 647
63% 517 Pts
64-Core 822
51% 822 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 74.2%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$274
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 526.98
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 95.6
Parallax 97.3
86% 99.7 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 87.6
Splatting 76.3
73% 91.8 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 82%
Great: 106%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74
424GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1265 805 470 414 417 413 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
184% Outstanding
Read 1,428
Write 1,631
Mixed 1,323
SusWrite 630
282% 1,253 MB/s
4K Read 41.2
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 52.5
187% 67.2 MB/s
DQ Read 884
DQ Write 518
DQ Mixed 613
480% 672 MB/s
Poor: 164%
This bench: 184%
Great: 276%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
688GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 139 136 139 138 139 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
78.8% Very good
Read 137
Write 124
Mixed 75.5
SusWrite 137
87% 118 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.1
224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 78.8%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 4x16GB
4 of 4 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
78.3% Very good
MC Read 30.1
MC Write 26.6
MC Mixed 26.7
79% 27.8 GB/s
SC Read 22.8
SC Write 28.9
SC Mixed 25.4
73% 25.7 GB/s
Latency 87.8
46% 87.8 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 78.3%
Great: 115%

 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 7,292 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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