MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics101% 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 Drive127% 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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)
Memory6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181219
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 10 '19 at 23:08
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User SRB-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing way above expectations (91st 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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
80.9% Excellent
Memory 75.1
1-Core 120
2-Core 238
79% 144 Pts
4-Core 466
8-Core 729
74% 597 Pts
64-Core 952
59% 952 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 80.9%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 139
Parallax 120
107% 130 fps
MRender 98.1
Gravity 128
Splatting 107
91% 111 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 101%
Great: 101%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$53
206GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E8FK11.L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 535 256 256 254 254 259 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
127% Outstanding
Read 672
Write 746
Mixed 565
SusWrite 302
128% 572 MB/s
4K Read 32.5
4K Write 93
4K Mixed 49.3
162% 58.3 MB/s
DQ Read 694
DQ Write 701
DQ Mixed 556
457% 650 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 127%
Great: 141%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
60% Above average
MC Read 23.2
MC Write 21
MC Mixed 17.8
59% 20.7 GB/s
SC Read 21.5
SC Write 21.5
SC Mixed 20.3
60% 21.1 GB/s
Latency 90.2
44% 90.2 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 60%
Great: 62%

 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 7,290 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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