MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics107% 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 Drive119% 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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180702
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 04 '18 at 17:42
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (84th 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 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
85.9% Excellent
Memory 80.4
1-Core 127
2-Core 251
84% 153 Pts
4-Core 491
8-Core 805
79% 648 Pts
64-Core 1,005
62% 1,005 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 85.9%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 149
Parallax 141
114% 143 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 140
Splatting 110
99% 122 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
211GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 292 296 295 296 295 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
119% Outstanding
Read 499
Write 486
Mixed 407
SusWrite 311
96% 426 MB/s
4K Read 42
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 61.3
201% 71.6 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 362
DQ Mixed 371
279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 119%
Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
730GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 151 156 157 157 159 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
83.7% Excellent
Read 136
Write 136
Mixed 71
SusWrite 155
91% 125 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.1
222% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 83.7%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Patriot PSD48G266681 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
95.9% Outstanding
MC Read 37.5
MC Write 35.6
MC Mixed 31.1
99% 34.7 GB/s
SC Read 24.8
SC Write 35.9
SC Mixed 26.7
83% 29.1 GB/s
Latency 79.8
50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 95.9%
Great: 95%

 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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