MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics79.5% 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 Drive73.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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)
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190924
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 29 '19 at 01:23
Run Duration156 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing as expected (43rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
81.1% Excellent
Memory 77.3
1-Core 120
2-Core 228
79% 142 Pts
4-Core 456
8-Core 696
71% 576 Pts
64-Core 939
58% 939 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 81.1%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
79.5% Very good
Lighting 96.1
Reflection 95.6
Parallax 83.1
78% 91.6 fps
MRender 129
Gravity 96.6
Splatting 83
82% 103 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 79.5%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDSR500GB 500GB
170GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0522A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 131 181 253 6.9 263 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
73.8% Very good
Read 381
Write 21.7
Mixed 417
SusWrite 183
56% 251 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 92.8
4K Mixed 24.5
119% 47.7 MB/s
DQ Read 195
DQ Write 334
DQ Mixed 43.8
96% 191 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 73.8%
Great: 92%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 498GB
95GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 14 14 15 8.8 13 MB/s
Relative performance (0th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
25.1% Poor
Read 120
Write 97.7
Mixed 110
SusWrite 12.5
19% 85.1 MB/s
4K Read 8.1
4K Write 48.6
4K Mixed 12
53% 22.9 MB/s
DQ Read 58
DQ Write 95.1
DQ Mixed 61.2
51% 71.4 MB/s
Poor: 67%
This bench: 25.1%
Great: 126%
T-force 250GB 250GB
233GB free
Firmware: S0430A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 223 222 224 224 224 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
88.1% Excellent
Read 492
Write 444
Mixed 427
SusWrite 240
90% 401 MB/s
4K Read 31.8
4K Write 58
4K Mixed 40.9
131% 43.6 MB/s
DQ Read 293
DQ Write 272
DQ Mixed 131
140% 232 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 88.1%
Great: 123%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2D3000C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (38th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.7% Very good
MC Read 29
MC Write 25.4
MC Mixed 26.1
77% 26.8 GB/s
SC Read 20.2
SC Write 25.3
SC Mixed 21.9
64% 22.5 GB/s
Latency 85.6
47% 85.6 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 74.7%
Great: 101%

 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 7,292 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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