MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics95.8% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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)
Memory29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190827
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 11 '20 at 02:35
Run Duration104 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
87.3% Excellent
Memory 70.1
1-Core 144
2-Core 282
88% 165 Pts
4-Core 560
8-Core 909
90% 735 Pts
64-Core 1,029
64% 1,029 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 87.3%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300
Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.3.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
95.8% Outstanding
Lighting 117
Reflection 102
Parallax 185
95% 135 fps
MRender 96.8
Gravity 110
Splatting 139
97% 115 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 95.8%
Great: 87%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB-$37
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: MKAONS01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 70 70 84 109 106 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
38.4% Below average
Read 46.7
Write 101
Mixed 42.7
SusWrite 86.5
51% 69.2 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 38.4%
Great: 87%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 F4-2400C15-8GTZR F4-2400C15-8GTZR 32GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
67% Good
MC Read 27.1
MC Write 18
MC Mixed 26.3
68% 23.8 GB/s
SC Read 21
SC Write 17.8
SC Mixed 26.9
63% 21.9 GB/s
Latency 101
40% 101 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 67%
Great: 68%

 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 7,311 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: $721
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