MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 62%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics76.3% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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)
Memory28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200609
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMay 10 '22 at 10:56
Run Duration154 Seconds
Run User IND-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
81.6% Excellent
Memory 67.7
1-Core 138
2-Core 271
85% 159 Pts
4-Core 512
8-Core 822
82% 667 Pts
64-Core 1,060
66% 1,060 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 81.6%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 512.15
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
76.3% Very good
Lighting 96.7
Reflection 98.5
Parallax 89
79% 94.7 fps
MRender 99.2
Gravity 90.4
Splatting 76.6
71% 88.7 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 76.3%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Amd-raid WDC WDS240G2G0B- 240GB
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UJ500000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 99 106 68 84 67 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
166% Outstanding
Read 461
Write 380
Mixed 285
SusWrite 112
230% 310 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 20
3,200% 15.1 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 166%
Great: 166%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
273GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 125 122 122 123 124 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
81.8% Excellent
Read 162
Write 165
Mixed 122
SusWrite 123
106% 143 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.2
245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 81.8%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (23rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68% Good
MC Read 28.5
MC Write 18.1
MC Mixed 26.7
70% 24.4 GB/s
SC Read 21.1
SC Write 18.1
SC Mixed 24.9
61% 21.4 GB/s
Latency 107
37% 107 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 68%
Great: 103%

 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 7,296 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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