MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 88%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics114% 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 Drive45.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200609
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 27 '23 at 23:24
Run Duration148 Seconds
Run User CZE-User
Background CPU 27%

 PC Performing above expectations (67th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$155
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
82.5% Excellent
Memory 84.4
1-Core 117
2-Core 226
80% 142 Pts
4-Core 434
8-Core 652
67% 543 Pts
64-Core 877
54% 877 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 82.5%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480
XFX(1EAE 6601) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 12GB, Driver: 22.11.2
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
114% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 122
Parallax 276
102% 175 fps
MRender 224
Gravity 132
Splatting 188
148% 181 fps
Poor: 113%
This bench: 114%
Great: 129%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$35
22GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF500000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 1.2 1.5 10 1.5 155 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
45.9% Average
Read 451
Write 370
Mixed 299
SusWrite 57.9
66% 294 MB/s
4K Read 18.9
4K Write 31.5
4K Mixed 16.2
66% 22.2 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 76.2
DQ Mixed 44
47% 78.6 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 45.9%
Great: 55%
Gigabyte GP-GSM2NE3256GNTD 256GB
133GB free
Firmware: EDFM60.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1232 345 159 160 161 155 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
163% Outstanding
Read 1,182
Write 1,243
Mixed 1,034
SusWrite 368
215% 957 MB/s
4K Read 47.6
4K Write 127
4K Mixed 65.3
223% 80 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 690
DQ Mixed 519
399% 531 MB/s
Poor: 88%
This bench: 163%
Great: 226%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
428GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 197 198 197 200 191 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 190
Write 100
Mixed 85.9
SusWrite 197
105% 143 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 1
178% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 111%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
113% Outstanding
MC Read 44.8
MC Write 42.8
MC Mixed 36
118% 41.2 GB/s
SC Read 28.1
SC Write 42.4
SC Mixed 31.9
98% 34.1 GB/s
Latency 72.7
55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 113%
Great: 111%

 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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