MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics98% 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 Drive57.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 VersionWindows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.
Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20191107
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 04 '22 at 23:27
Run Duration198 Seconds
Run User NOR-User
Background CPU 34%

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd 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 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
94.4% Outstanding
Memory 84.3
1-Core 139
2-Core 271
90% 165 Pts
4-Core 561
8-Core 876
89% 719 Pts
64-Core 1,102
68% 1,102 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 94.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
98% Outstanding
Lighting 124
Reflection 133
Parallax 123
101% 127 fps
MRender 95.6
Gravity 126
Splatting 112
92% 111 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 98%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38
216GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKB1D1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 160 31 30 43 16 MB/s
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
57.4% Above average
Read 147
Write 267
Mixed 246
SusWrite 91.4
43% 188 MB/s
4K Read 22.9
4K Write 72.5
4K Mixed 31.4
113% 42.3 MB/s
DQ Read 232
DQ Write 261
DQ Mixed 137
133% 210 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 57.4%
Great: 102%
Kingston SA2000M81000G 1TB
931GB free
Firmware: S5Z44106
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1741 1754 1696 1260 1713 1757 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
315% Outstanding
Read 1,834
Write 1,771
Mixed 1,362
SusWrite 1,654
373% 1,655 MB/s
4K Read 61.7
4K Write 189
4K Mixed 89.1
308% 113 MB/s
DQ Read 1,056
DQ Write 1,004
DQ Mixed 372
460% 811 MB/s
Poor: 140%
This bench: 315%
Great: 311%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$34
439GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 178 177 163 181 181 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 182
Write 166
Mixed 72.2
SusWrite 176
109% 149 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 103%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
87.9% Excellent
MC Read 34.9
MC Write 24
MC Mixed 34.4
89% 31.1 GB/s
SC Read 26.5
SC Write 23.9
SC Mixed 36.2
82% 28.9 GB/s
Latency 73
55% 73 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 87.9%
Great: 110%

 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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