MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics94.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.
Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201221
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 27 '21 at 20:23
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 35%
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 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$125
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
76.4% Very good
Memory 81.2
1-Core 104
2-Core 212
75% 132 Pts
4-Core 386
8-Core 624
62% 505 Pts
64-Core 833
52% 833 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 76.4%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
Asus(1043 86D2) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
94.6% Outstanding
Lighting 119
Reflection 108
Parallax 115
97% 114 fps
MRender 135
Gravity 104
Splatting 96
90% 112 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 94.6%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46
98GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2,331
Write 2102
Mixed 1,483
438% 1,972 MB/s
4K Read 54.7
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 69.4
226% 75.3 MB/s
DQ Read 886
DQ Write 484
DQ Mixed 714
523% 695 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
318GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 149 150 153 153 152 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
84.4% Excellent
Read 143
Write 167
Mixed 83.6
SusWrite 151
100% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 84.4%
Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
813GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 170 171 172 171 171 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
97.6% Outstanding
Read 169
Write 161
Mixed 90.3
SusWrite 171
108% 148 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.2
246% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 97.6%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
89.4% Excellent
MC Read 35.4
MC Write 30.9
MC Mixed 31.2
93% 32.5 GB/s
SC Read 24
SC Write 28.3
SC Mixed 25.7
74% 26 GB/s
Latency 78.4
51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 89.4%
Great: 96%

 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 7,289 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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