MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 103%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 94%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics108% 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.
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)
Memory28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190125
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 23 '19 at 03:03
Run Duration205 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$150
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
91.7% Outstanding
Memory 90.6
1-Core 126
2-Core 250
87% 156 Pts
4-Core 500
8-Core 764
78% 632 Pts
64-Core 1,040
64% 1,040 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 91.7%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 143
Reflection 151
Parallax 140
117% 145 fps
MRender 106
Gravity 138
Splatting 116
98% 120 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 108%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
38GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2,488
Write 2,233
Mixed 1,566
466% 2,096 MB/s
4K Read 60.3
4K Write 143
4K Mixed 80.6
270% 94.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,059
DQ Write 919
DQ Mixed 1,000
747% 993 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Seagate SSD 500GB
439GB free
Firmware: ST8S1024
SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 269 460 465 458 460 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 504
Write 472
Mixed 401
SusWrite 429
102% 451 MB/s
4K Read 33.5
4K Write 86.3
4K Mixed 42.4
151% 54.1 MB/s
DQ Read 356
DQ Write 366
DQ Mixed 224
206% 315 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 109%
Great: 113%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106
2TB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 186 187 186 188 189 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
72.5% Very good
Read 64.5
Write 143
Mixed 29.2
SusWrite 187
76% 106 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 4.9
4K Mixed 1.9
352% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 72.5%
Great: 110%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 3333 MHz clocked @ 1667 MHz
Performing below potential (94th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
106% Outstanding
MC Read 40.8
MC Write 38.8
MC Mixed 35.4
110% 38.3 GB/s
SC Read 25.9
SC Write 38.4
SC Mixed 29
89% 31.1 GB/s
Latency 66.4
60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 106%
Great: 106%

 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 7,305 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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HDDRAMUSB
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