MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics73.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at 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)
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190306
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 16 '21 at 14:42
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User POL-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (83rd 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 3.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
79% Very good
Memory 80.6
1-Core 105
2-Core 209
74% 131 Pts
4-Core 418
8-Core 594
64% 506 Pts
64-Core 806
50% 806 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 79%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143
CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.79
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
73.9% Very good
Lighting 97.4
Reflection 131
Parallax 82
79% 103 fps
MRender 71.4
Gravity 84.6
Splatting 75.5
63% 77.2 fps
Poor: 62%
This bench: 73.9%
Great: 73%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$59
30GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2,498
Write 1,028
Mixed 1,118
338% 1,548 MB/s
4K Read 57.2
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 71
241% 82.5 MB/s
DQ Read 821
DQ Write 476
DQ Mixed 130
236% 476 MB/s
Poor: 139% Great: 271%
Seagate ST31000524NS 1TB-$94
574GB free
Firmware: NA00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 121 122 121 119 120 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
67.8% Good
Read 117
Write 117
Mixed 60.7
SusWrite 120
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1
182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 67.8%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz
Performing below potential (73rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
90.7% Outstanding
MC Read 36.7
MC Write 29.7
MC Mixed 31.7
94% 32.7 GB/s
SC Read 23.4
SC Write 33
SC Mixed 27.1
80% 27.8 GB/s
Latency 79.4
50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 90.7%
Great: 103%

 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 7,282 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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