MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 18%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 17%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics15.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190306
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateMay 28 '19 at 08:54
Run Duration160 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing as expected (56th 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 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
82.1% Excellent
Memory 78
1-Core 119
2-Core 239
80% 145 Pts
4-Core 463
8-Core 755
75% 609 Pts
64-Core 949
59% 949 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 82.1%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126
CLim: 1270 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
15.9% Very poor
Lighting 0.03
Reflection 66.2
Parallax 72.7
0% 46.3 fps
MRender 65.1
Gravity 53.8
Splatting 54
47% 57.7 fps
Poor: 32%
This bench: 15.9%
Great: 47%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170
508GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 31 27 32 27 27 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
23% Poor
Read 50.3
Write 51.1
Mixed 24.9
SusWrite 29.7
29% 39 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.2
41% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 23%
Great: 63%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41
336GB free
Firmware: SM28
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 92 90 94 92 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
55.4% Above average
Read 99.3
Write 92.2
Mixed 60.4
SusWrite 92.3
63% 86.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 2
382% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 19%
This bench: 55.4%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (50th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
80.7% Excellent
MC Read 30.6
MC Write 29.7
MC Mixed 26.8
83% 29 GB/s
SC Read 21
SC Write 28.7
SC Mixed 24.3
70% 24.7 GB/s
Latency 84.3
48% 84.3 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 104%

 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 7,283 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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