MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 140%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 130%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics159% 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.
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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200609
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 16 '21 at 10:01
Run Duration179 Seconds
Run User LVA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (85th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4.05 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
87.8% Excellent
Memory 86.7
1-Core 125
2-Core 250
86% 154 Pts
4-Core 478
8-Core 810
78% 644 Pts
64-Core 1,027
64% 1,027 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 87.8%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400
Gigabyte(1458 404E) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 4150 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 462.31
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
159% Outstanding
Lighting 230
Reflection 226
Parallax 211
187% 223 fps
MRender 232
Gravity 169
Splatting 148
145% 183 fps
Poor: 135%
This bench: 159%
Great: 158%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0DB6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 7578
Write 5,147
Mixed 5,984
1,384% 6,236 MB/s
4K Read 434
4K Write 203
4K Mixed 212
1,037% 283 MB/s
DQ Read 1223
DQ Write 758
DQ Mixed 873
682% 951 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70
12GB free
Firmware: O0918B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 199 199 199 176 199 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
80.3% Excellent
Read 506
Write 197
Mixed 253
SusWrite 195
64% 288 MB/s
4K Read 30.8
4K Write 69
4K Mixed 38.1
132% 46 MB/s
DQ Read 275
DQ Write 47.7
DQ Mixed 176
125% 166 MB/s
Poor: 54%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 90%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
30GB free
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 316 316 315 315 314 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
114% Outstanding
Read 510
Write 484
Mixed 459
SusWrite 336
101% 447 MB/s
4K Read 41.8
4K Write 91.3
4K Mixed 54.7
182% 62.6 MB/s
DQ Read 390
DQ Write 363
DQ Mixed 371
280% 375 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 114%
Great: 129%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
109% Outstanding
MC Read 44.2
MC Write 40.4
MC Mixed 35
114% 39.9 GB/s
SC Read 28.4
SC Write 37.6
SC Mixed 30.5
92% 32.2 GB/s
Latency 70.7
56% 70.7 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 109%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop
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Workstation
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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $703
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