MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 87%
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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics102% 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 Drive105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190705
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 29 '21 at 00:51
Run Duration190 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%
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 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-$125
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86.4% Excellent
Memory 83.2
1-Core 123
2-Core 245
83% 150 Pts
4-Core 482
8-Core 768
77% 625 Pts
64-Core 1010
62% 1010 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 86.4%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.3.2
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Lighting 132
Reflection 145
Parallax 204
107% 160 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 139
Splatting 96.2
94% 118 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 102%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
337GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 380 372 358 364 362 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 500
Write 391
Mixed 336
SusWrite 362
89% 397 MB/s
4K Read 32.7
4K Write 89.4
4K Mixed 41.7
150% 54.6 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 359
DQ Mixed 267
229% 336 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 105%
Great: 129%
SHGP31-500GM-2 500GB
154GB free
Firmware: 41061C20
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2156 862 846 865 840 837 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
293% Outstanding
Read 2730
Write 2,236
Mixed 1,812
SusWrite 1,068
438% 1,961 MB/s
4K Read 63.3
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 81.3
264% 88.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,049
DQ Write 579
DQ Mixed 856
625% 828 MB/s
Poor: 208%
This bench: 293%
Great: 370%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
109% Outstanding
MC Read 43.4
MC Write 41.7
MC Mixed 34.7
114% 39.9 GB/s
SC Read 27.4
SC Write 36.1
SC Mixed 28.7
88% 30.7 GB/s
Latency 74.8
54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 109%
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 7,282 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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