MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics96.1% 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 Drive120% 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.
Very high background CPU (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181106
Uptime2.1 Days
Run DateDec 09 '18 at 14:33
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 87%

 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 2600X-$120
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Memory 81.4
1-Core 127
2-Core 251
84% 153 Pts
4-Core 496
8-Core 822
80% 659 Pts
64-Core 1,005
62% 1,005 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
96.1% Outstanding
Lighting 122
Reflection 137
Parallax 116
100% 125 fps
MRender 96.9
Gravity 125
Splatting 105
89% 109 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 96.1%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB
852GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT22B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 461 464 469 469 469 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
120% Outstanding
Read 500
Write 423
Mixed 449
SusWrite 467
104% 460 MB/s
4K Read 37.3
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 57.6
186% 66.6 MB/s
DQ Read 297
DQ Write 293
DQ Mixed 300
224% 297 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 120%
Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
761GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 146 149 149 149 149 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 203
Write 160
Mixed 83.5
SusWrite 148
108% 148 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 101%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz
Performing below potential (95th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
104% Outstanding
MC Read 41.5
MC Write 38.2
MC Mixed 33.4
108% 37.7 GB/s
SC Read 25.4
SC Write 38.5
SC Mixed 29.5
89% 31.1 GB/s
Latency 77.9
51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 104%
Great: 104%

 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 7,281 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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