MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 92%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics109% 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 Drive282% 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.
High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190617
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 18 '19 at 15:20
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User AUT-User
Background CPU 27%
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 PC Performing above expectations (79th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$85
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
85.2% Excellent
Memory 82
1-Core 146
2-Core 286
93% 171 Pts
4-Core 474
8-Core 803
78% 639 Pts
64-Core 1,050
65% 1,050 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 145
Reflection 151
Parallax 141
118% 145 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 141
Splatting 112
100% 123 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 109%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74
824GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1476 1507 1517 1531 1539 1540 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
282% Outstanding
Read 1504
Write 1,554
Mixed 1,123
SusWrite 1,518
321% 1,425 MB/s
4K Read 62.3
4K Write 181
4K Mixed 85
299% 109 MB/s
DQ Read 682
DQ Write 958
DQ Mixed 272
359% 637 MB/s
Poor: 130%
This bench: 282%
Great: 295%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
90.5% Outstanding
MC Read 36.1
MC Write 27
MC Mixed 35.1
94% 32.7 GB/s
SC Read 23.9
SC Write 26.1
SC Mixed 31.1
77% 27 GB/s
Latency 76.9
52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 90.5%
Great: 107%

 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 7,280 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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