MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics101% 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 Drive27.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191107
Uptime1.8 Days
Run DateJun 01 '23 at 06:41
Run Duration118 Seconds
Run User NPL-User
Background CPU 12%

 PC Performing as expected (54th 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 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
86.7% Excellent
Memory 81
1-Core 133
2-Core 262
87% 159 Pts
4-Core 496
8-Core 822
80% 659 Pts
64-Core 1,015
63% 1,015 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 86.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$250
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 531.41
Performing below potential (62nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 132
Reflection 118
Parallax 136
108% 129 fps
MRender 142
Gravity 101
Splatting 87.9
88% 110 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 101%
Great: 106%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
M.2 256GB 256GB
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0918A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 73 68 13 3.2 5.1 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
27.3% Poor
Read 468
Write 385
Mixed 7.7
SusWrite 34.2
49% 224 MB/s
4K Read 14.2
4K Write 5.7
4K Mixed 0.1
25% 6.67 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 27.3%
Great: 93%
WD Purple Surveillance 2TB (2017)-$68
160GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 128 129 124 128 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
69.3% Good
Read 114
Write 119
Mixed 65.7
SusWrite 128
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 69.3%
Great: 104%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
56.2% Above average
MC Read 21.1
MC Write 18.4
MC Mixed 18.3
55% 19.3 GB/s
SC Read 18.6
SC Write 18.8
SC Mixed 19.2
54% 18.9 GB/s
Latency 78.6
51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 56.2%
Great: 61%

 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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