MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 105%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 109%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics113% 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.
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)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190722
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 03 '19 at 01:17
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X-$295
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
95.4% Outstanding
Memory 80.2
1-Core 147
2-Core 298
94% 175 Pts
4-Core 591
8-Core 1,151
103% 871 Pts
64-Core 1,472
91% 1,472 Pts
Poor: 78%
This bench: 95.4%
Great: 96%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700XT 50th Anniversary
AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.5
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Lighting 143
Reflection 116
Parallax 260
117% 173 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 139
Splatting 159
115% 138 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 113%
Great: 103%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB
27GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM01.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 210 83 45 72 37 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 59%
Seagate ST3120026AS 120GB-$24
41GB free
Firmware: 8.05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
26.5% Poor
Read 49.8
Write 51
Mixed 37
SusWrite 42.2
33% 45 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 26.5%
Great: 31%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
66GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 125 126 127 126 126 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
87.6% Excellent
Read 179
Write 170
Mixed 97.5
SusWrite 126
105% 143 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.2
242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 87.6%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz
Performing below potential (32nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
75.2% Very good
MC Read 29.4
MC Write 20.8
MC Mixed 29.3
76% 26.5 GB/s
SC Read 23.6
SC Write 20.7
SC Mixed 29.7
70% 24.7 GB/s
Latency 80.2
50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 75.2%
Great: 95%

 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 7,284 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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