MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics99.8% 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 Drive51.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory19.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181106
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 06 '20 at 21:12
Run Duration172 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$155
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
82.4% Excellent
Memory 81.4
1-Core 126
2-Core 239
83% 149 Pts
4-Core 448
8-Core 771
74% 610 Pts
64-Core 943
58% 943 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 82.4%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
CLim: 1682 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.2
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
99.8% Outstanding
Lighting 122
Reflection 92.3
Parallax 181
99% 132 fps
MRender 91.9
Gravity 140
Splatting 132
101% 121 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 99.8%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28
11GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK71E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 8.4 76 4.7 12 69 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
51.4% Above average
Read 401
Write 38.7
Mixed 65.7
SusWrite 30.7
29% 134 MB/s
4K Read 30.9
4K Write 46.6
4K Mixed 19.9
97% 32.5 MB/s
DQ Read 168
DQ Write 39.4
DQ Mixed 50.9
51% 86 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 51.4%
Great: 85%
WDS100T3XHC-00SJG0 1TB
681GB free
Firmware: 102000WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1790 1507 1516 1520 1519 1517 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
272% Outstanding
Read 1,931
Write 2,070
Mixed 1,734
SusWrite 1,561
411% 1824 MB/s
4K Read 41
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 60.4
204% 74.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,008
DQ Write 635
DQ Mixed 878
639% 840 MB/s
Poor: 194%
This bench: 272%
Great: 334%
Toshiba MK1255GSX H 120GB
39GB free
Firmware: FG001Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 69 68 69 69 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
34.1% Below average
Read 50.2
Write 50
Mixed 28.7
SusWrite 68.4
36% 49.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.5
97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 34.1%
Great: 41%
Seagate ST3320813AS 320GB
168GB free
Firmware: HP21
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 100 100 100 100 100 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
58.3% Above average
Read 104
Write 95.2
Mixed 53
SusWrite 99.5
64% 87.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 17%
This bench: 58.3%
Great: 65%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB
309GB free, PID ce21
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
18.2% Very poor
Read 38.7
Write 37
Mixed 23
SusWrite 39
46% 34.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 9%
This bench: 18.2%
Great: 19%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 24GB
3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz
4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
108% Outstanding
MC Read 43.5
MC Write 37.5
MC Mixed 37.4
113% 39.5 GB/s
SC Read 26.1
SC Write 39.3
SC Mixed 29.4
90% 31.6 GB/s
Latency 78
51% 78 ns
Poor: 70%
This bench: 108%
Great: 108%

 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 7,295 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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