MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics111% 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 Drive306% 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)
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190617
Uptime1.2 Days
Run DateDec 04 '19 at 12:47
Run Duration204 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$125
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
81.6% Excellent
Memory 83.8
1-Core 116
2-Core 233
81% 144 Pts
4-Core 427
8-Core 721
70% 574 Pts
64-Core 913
56% 913 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 81.6%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 117
Parallax 256
114% 171 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 134
Splatting 159
114% 136 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 111%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80
546GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SS0411B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1560 2131 1097 1842 1012 1012 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
306% Outstanding
Read 2,584
Write 2,232
Mixed 249
SusWrite 1,442
361% 1627 MB/s
4K Read 59.1
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 78
259% 89.6 MB/s
DQ Read 873
DQ Write 640
DQ Mixed 586
484% 700 MB/s
Poor: 175%
This bench: 306%
Great: 372%
APS-SL3N-240 240GB
192GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 163 68 69 68 68 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
83.3% Excellent
Read 503
Write 413
Mixed 356
SusWrite 139
79% 353 MB/s
4K Read 33.4
4K Write 91
4K Mixed 33.1
141% 52.5 MB/s
DQ Read 207
DQ Write 334
DQ Mixed 173
158% 238 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 83.3%
Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 213 215 213 214 213 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 143
Write 187
Mixed 72.2
SusWrite 212
112% 153 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
114% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 102%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz
Performing below potential (96th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
104% Outstanding
MC Read 41.6
MC Write 38.8
MC Mixed 33.5
108% 38 GB/s
SC Read 25
SC Write 38.5
SC Mixed 28.9
88% 30.8 GB/s
Latency 73.8
54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 104%
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 7,282 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 70%
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $703
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