MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics91.9% 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 Drive165% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory18.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190125
Uptime24.9 Days
Run DateJun 07 '21 at 05:19
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (55th 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 (86th percentile)
80.9% Excellent
Memory 84.1
1-Core 119
2-Core 231
81% 145 Pts
4-Core 418
8-Core 683
67% 551 Pts
64-Core 932
58% 932 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 80.9%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64LC (Liquid Cooled)-$1,700
AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1750 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02
Performing below potential (29th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
91.9% Outstanding
Lighting 119
Reflection 114
Parallax 202
97% 145 fps
MRender 96.5
Gravity 134
Splatting 79.9
83% 103 fps
Poor: 85%
This bench: 91.9%
Great: 98%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
154GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXA74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 255 258 253 246 241 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
165% Outstanding
Read 1,690
Write 267
Mixed 322
SusWrite 257
137% 634 MB/s
4K Read 41.8
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 48.8
179% 63.8 MB/s
DQ Read 900
DQ Write 312
DQ Mixed 514
404% 575 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 165%
Great: 331%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66
309GB free
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 436 444 449 421 412 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
114% Outstanding
Read 506
Write 460
Mixed 421
SusWrite 428
102% 454 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 88.2
4K Mixed 48.7
162% 57.3 MB/s
DQ Read 391
DQ Write 362
DQ Mixed 300
246% 351 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 114%
Great: 125%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 126 126 124 126 128 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
72.6% Very good
Read 128
Write 118
Mixed 88.8
SusWrite 125
85% 115 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 72.6%
Great: 87%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
101% Outstanding
MC Read 39.7
MC Write 35
MC Mixed 35.4
105% 36.7 GB/s
SC Read 24.9
SC Write 36.3
SC Mixed 29.6
86% 30.3 GB/s
Latency 73.3
55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 101%
Great: 113%

 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 7,284 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: 73% - Very good Total price: $703
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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