MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82.5% 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 Drive262% 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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200609
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateMay 04 '21 at 20:27
Run Duration211 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
85.2% Excellent
Memory 76.6
1-Core 130
2-Core 256
84% 154 Pts
4-Core 503
8-Core 928
86% 716 Pts
64-Core 1,336
83% 1,336 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.4.1
Performing below potential (24th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.5% Excellent
Lighting 98.1
Reflection 130
Parallax 127
80% 119 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 119
Splatting 91.7
87% 109 fps
Poor: 78%
This bench: 82.5%
Great: 91%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
238GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 878 586 577 580 588 590 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
262% Outstanding
Read 2589
Write 2,366
Mixed 1,487
SusWrite 633
394% 1,769 MB/s
4K Read 64.8
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 82
273% 92.9 MB/s
DQ Read 851
DQ Write 717
DQ Mixed 772
582% 780 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 262%
Great: 340%
256gb SATA SSD 256GB
31GB free
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 134 96 54 42 56 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
52.3% Above average
Read 492
Write 453
Mixed 424
SusWrite 128
84% 374 MB/s
4K Read 29.8
4K Write 16.2
4K Mixed 1.2
55% 15.7 MB/s
DQ Read 222
DQ Write 234
DQ Mixed 45.2
84% 167 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 52.3%
Great: 98%
512gb SATA SSD 512GB
252GB free
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 444 437 448 448 398 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
96.6% Outstanding
Read 512
Write 447
Mixed 426
SusWrite 438
103% 456 MB/s
4K Read 28.2
4K Write 82.1
4K Mixed 28.9
123% 46.4 MB/s
DQ Read 202
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 46.8
99% 198 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 96.6%
Great: 95%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
79.4% Very good
MC Read 30.7
MC Write 28.4
MC Mixed 26.3
81% 28.5 GB/s
SC Read 22.3
SC Write 28.7
SC Mixed 23.7
71% 24.9 GB/s
Latency 87
46% 87 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 79.4%
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 7,311 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 70%
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 64%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $720
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