MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics93.5% 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 Drive119% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190705
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJul 20 '19 at 20:01
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$84
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
88.3% Excellent
Memory 70.7
1-Core 146
2-Core 288
89% 168 Pts
4-Core 568
8-Core 819
87% 693 Pts
64-Core 1,028
64% 1,028 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 88.3%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
93.5% Outstanding
Lighting 120
Reflection 117
Parallax 109
98% 115 fps
MRender 138
Gravity 102
Splatting 83.4
85% 108 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 93.5%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54
147GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0427ANR
SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 425 459 465 468 470 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
119% Outstanding
Read 503
Write 470
Mixed 456
SusWrite 426
104% 464 MB/s
4K Read 37.4
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 52.8
179% 64.8 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 361
DQ Mixed 282
236% 342 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 119%
Great: 118%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$99
3TB free
Firmware: MX6OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 172 166 170 169 168 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
98.1% Outstanding
Read 174
Write 150
Mixed 21.8
SusWrite 168
92% 128 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.5
134% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 98.1%
Great: 108%
WDC WD40 0UE-32HCT0 40GB
13GB free, PID 0701
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4 4 4 5.3 4 4 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
1.85% Terrible
Read 4.3
Write 4.2
Mixed 4.2
SusWrite 4.2
6% 4.22 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0
3% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 2%
This bench: 1.85%
Great: 15%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
67.9% Good
MC Read 28.4
MC Write 18.1
MC Mixed 26.7
70% 24.4 GB/s
SC Read 20.1
SC Write 17.9
SC Mixed 24.4
59% 20.8 GB/s
Latency 99.8
40% 99.8 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 67.9%
Great: 102%

 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 7,318 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: 76% - Very good Total price: $695
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